Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Construction , Software and Technology sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.38%, while the MDAX index fell 0.45%, and the TecDAX index lost 1.02%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Commerzbank AG O.N. (ETR: CBKG ), which rose 1.35% or 0.21 points to trade at 15.73 at the close. Meanwhile, RWE AG ST O.N. (ETR: RWEG ) added 0.87% or 0.25 points to end at 28.83 and Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (ETR: BMWG ) was up 0.82% or 0.64 points to 78.98 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR: SHLG ), which fell 1.73% or 0.90 points to trade at 51.20 at the close. Brenntag AG (ETR: BNRGn ) declined 1.40% or 0.82 points to end at 57.88 and SAP SE (ETR: SAPG ) was down 1.34% or 3.20 points to 236.30.

The top performers on the MDAX were Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (ETR: BOSSn ) which rose 2.10% to 44.78, United Internet AG NA (ETR: UTDI ) which was up 1.75% to settle at 15.67 and Tag Immobilien AG (ETR: TEGG ) which gained 0.91% to close at 14.36.

The worst performers were HelloFresh SE (ETR: HFGG ) which was down 4.27% to 11.76 in late trade, Evotec AG O.N. (ETR: EVTG ) which lost 3.98% to settle at 8.19 and Hypoport AG (ETR: HYQGn ) which was down 3.34% to 168.10 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were 11 AG (ETR: 1U1 ) which rose 4.83% to 12.60, United Internet AG NA (ETR: UTDI ) which was up 1.75% to settle at 15.67 and PNE Wind AG (ETR: PNEGn ) which gained 0.73% to close at 11.08.

The worst performers were Evotec AG O.N. (ETR: EVTG ) which was down 3.98% to 8.19 in late trade, Bechtle AG (ETR: BC8G ) which lost 2.45% to settle at 31.10 and SUSS MicroTec SE (ETR: SMHNn ) which was down 2.41% to 48.65 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 365 to 277 and 41 ended unchanged.

The DAX volatility index , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 4.64% to 14.96.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.60% or 15.76 to $2,616.14 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.32% or 0.93 to hit $71.53 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.94% or 0.69 to trade at $74.48 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.38% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 108.04.