Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 0.37% By Investing.com

Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Frankfurt, the gained 0.37%, while the index gained 0.61%, and the index gained 0.05%.

The best performers of the session on the were Porsche Automobil Holding SE (ETR:), which rose 2.78% or 1.35 points to trade at 49.92 at the close. Meanwhile, RWE AG ST O.N. (ETR:) added 2.55% or 0.87 points to end at 35.02 and Bayer AG NA (ETR:) was up 2.32% or 0.64 points to 28.27 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Boerse AG (ETR:), which fell 0.81% or 1.50 points to trade at 182.90 at the close. Adidas AG (ETR:) declined 0.54% or 1.20 points to end at 222.70 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (ETR:) was down 0.48% or 0.08 points to 15.59.

The top performers on the MDAX were Wacker Chemie O.N. (ETR:) which rose 4.29% to 105.80, Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:) which was up 3.79% to settle at 9.18 and Fraport AG (ETR:) which gained 3.56% to close at 52.35.

The worst performers were Aixtron SE (ETR:) which was down 2.86% to 22.72 in late trade, HelloFresh SE (ETR:) which lost 1.40% to settle at 5.79 and Delivery Hero AG (ETR:) which was down 1.11% to 29.53 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:) which rose 3.79% to 9.18, Hensoldt Ag (ETR:) which was up 2.73% to settle at 38.32 and Kontron AG (ETR:) which gained 2.21% to close at 21.30.

The worst performers were Suess Microtec NA O.N. (ETR:) which was down 5.79% to 57.00 in late trade, Aixtron SE (ETR:) which lost 2.86% to settle at 22.72 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (ETR:) which was down 0.82% to 91.05 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 387 to 231 and 25 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.09% to 12.32 a new 1-month low.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.87% or 20.30 to $2,354.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.27% or 0.99 to hit $78.71 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.25% or 1.02 to trade at $82.86 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.15% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.18% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 104.49.