Germany stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Retail and Media sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.21%, while the MDAX index fell 0.91%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.77%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn), which rose 1.23% or 0.106 points to trade at 8.746 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) added 0.98% or 0.660 points to end at 68.200 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was up 0.76% or 0.135 points to 17.825 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn), which fell 3.88% or 0.720 points to trade at 17.845 at the close. Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) declined 2.82% or 4.20 points to end at 144.55 and Covestro AG (DE:1COV) was down 2.49% or 1.500 points to 58.660.
The top performers on the MDAX were Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which rose 17.10% to 106.63, Siemens Healthineers AG (DE:SHLG) which was up 2.85% to settle at 37.16 and Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which gained 2.16% to close at 26.000.
The worst performers were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 5.05% to 80.180 in late trade, Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which lost 4.15% to settle at 111.000 and Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) which was down 3.90% to 35.94 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which rose 7.33% to 53.450, Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) which was up 7.14% to settle at 120.00 and SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which gained 1.84% to close at 21.080.
The worst performers were Grenke N AG (DE:GLJn) which was down 9.02% to 78.70 in late trade, RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which lost 6.35% to settle at 14.150 and Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which was down 6.04% to 10.8950 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 402 to 307 and 70 ended unchanged.
Shares in Grenke N AG (DE:GLJn) fell to 52-week lows; losing 9.02% or 7.80 to 78.70.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.25% to 19.69.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.01% or 0.10 to $1231.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.35% or 0.22 to hit $63.36 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.43% or 0.31 to trade at $73.14 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.1393, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8753.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 96.24.
