Germany stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Retail and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 1.16%, while the MDAX index climbed 1.01%, and the TecDAX index added 1.54%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG), which rose 2.99% or 4.65 points to trade at 160.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) added 2.51% or 3.46 points to end at 141.46 and Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) was up 2.48% or 1.360 points to 56.110 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn), which rose 0.02% or 0.002 points to trade at 9.497 at the close. Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) added 0.25% or 0.250 points to end at 100.550 and Henkel&Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p) was up 0.27% or 0.30 points to 111.90.
The top performers on the MDAX were Metro Wholesale&Food Specialist AG (DE:B4B) which rose 12.23% to 13.3500, Metro AG (DE:MEOG) which was up 4.10% to settle at 6.700 and Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which gained 2.73% to close at 11.68.
The worst performers were CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which was down 2.46% to 38.040 in late trade, Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) which lost 0.46% to settle at 12.93 and GEA Group AG (DE:G1AG) which was down 0.21% to 33.300 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which rose 7.90% to 11.232, Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which was up 4.15% to settle at 140.700 and RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which gained 4.11% to close at 21.760.
The worst performers were Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which was down 1.47% to 73.600 in late trade, Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which lost 0.72% to settle at 68.850 and Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 0.12% to 129.950 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 509 to 200 and 74 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) rose to all time highs; up 4.15% or 5.600 to 140.700.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.08% to 14.53.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.25% or 3.00 to $1216.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $68.69 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.18% or 0.14 to trade at $76.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.46% to 1.1677, while EUR/GBP rose 0.15% to 0.9059.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 94.71.
