Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 2.67%

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 added 2.67%, while the index gained 3.31%, and the index climbed 3.30%.

The best performers of the session on the were E.ON SE NA (DE:), which rose 8.40% or 0.710 points to trade at 9.160 at the close. Meanwhile, Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:) added 6.88% or 6.550 points to end at 101.750 and Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:) was up 5.22% or 3.290 points to 66.260 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:), which fell 0.29% or 0.045 points to trade at 15.255 at the close. Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:) declined 0.28% or 0.021 points to end at 7.516 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:) was down 0.11% or 0.015 points to 14.005.

The top performers on the MDAX were Duerr AG O.N. (DE:) which rose 7.09% to 58.020, Elringklinger AG NA O.N. (DE:) which was up 6.94% to settle at 21.045 and Leoni AG NA O.N. (DE:) which gained 6.85% to close at 29.165.

The worst performers were Salzgitter AG O.N. (DE:) which was down 2.98% to 19.725 in late trade, Celesio AG Nam. O.N. (DE:) which gained 0.24% to settle at 25.460 and Kloeckner & Co SE NA (DE:) which was up 0.29% to 8.000 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:) which rose 9.84% to 43.470, Kontron AG O.N. (DE:) which was up 8.09% to settle at 3.101 and Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:) which gained 8.01% to close at 3.238.

The worst performers were STRATEC Biomedical AG (DE:) which was up 0.02% to 51.010 in late trade, CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:) which gained 0.43% to settle at 32.390 and Software AG O.N. (DE:) which was up 1.07% to 30.105 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 514 to 45 and 6 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 5.71% to 29.04.

Gold for April delivery was down 2.44% or 30.30 to $1209.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.61% or 0.18 to hit $29.62 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.04 to trade at $33.32 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 1.04% to 1.1138, while EUR/GBP fell 0.43% to 0.7726.

The US Dollar Index was up 0.92% at 96.88.

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