Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX down 0.47%

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Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Utilities, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Media sectors led shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverages, Consumer & Cyclical and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.47%, while the MDAX index declined 0.31%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.16%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG), which rose 1.47% or 1.160 points to trade at 80.010 at the close. Meanwhile, RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) added 0.69% or 0.100 points to end at 14.605 and E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) was up 0.67% or 0.055 points to 8.205 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which fell 3.04% or 0.660 points to trade at 21.085 at the close. Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) declined 2.43% or 1.850 points to end at 74.330 and Adidas AG NA O.N. (DE:ADSGN) was down 1.69% or 2.650 points to 153.900.

The top performers on the MDAX were Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) which rose 2.54% to 8.31, Metro AG ST O.N. (DE:MEOG) which was up 1.35% to settle at 26.595 and Rhoen Klinikum AG (DE:RHKG) which gained 0.91% to close at 26.020.

The worst performers were Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) which was down 5.72% to 22.405 in late trade, GEA Group AG (DE:G1AG) which lost 2.51% to settle at 48.025 and SalzgitterAG (DE:SZGG) which was down 1.92% to 28.570 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which rose 2.48% to 38.995, GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which was up 1.99% to settle at 19.445 and Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which gained 1.52% to close at 27.70.

The worst performers were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 4.50% to 17.615 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which lost 1.50% to settle at 30.880 andRIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which was down 1.49% to 9.575 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 463 to 412 and 37 ended unchanged.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 17.92.

Gold for December delivery was down 0.17% or 2.35 to $1343.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.97% or 1.46 to hit $47.65 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.99% or 1.52 to trade at $49.36 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.08% to 1.1315, while EUR/GBP fell 0.55% to 0.8613.

The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 94.54.

Source by Investing.com