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 gained 0.30%, while the index climbed 0.27%, and the index climbed 0.04%.

The best performers of the session on the were Zalando SE (ETR:), which rose 1.85% or 0.39 points to trade at 21.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Siemens Energy AG (ETR:) added 1.69% or 0.20 points to end at 12.00 and Merck KGaA (ETR:) was up 1.09% or 1.55 points to 144.10 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR:), which fell 1.09% or 0.58 points to trade at 52.60 at the close. Vonovia SE (ETR:) declined 1.07% or 0.31 points to end at 28.54 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (ETR:) was down 1.02% or 0.29 points to 28.07.

The top performers on the MDAX were Stroeer SE (ETR:) which rose 3.27% to 53.75, SMA Solar Technology AG (ETR:) which was up 2.98% to settle at 60.55 and Delivery Hero AG (ETR:) which gained 2.50% to close at 25.01.

The worst performers were Tag Immobilien AG (ETR:) which was down 1.38% to 13.20 in late trade, Stabilus (ETR:) which lost 1.28% to settle at 61.70 and Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:) which was down 1.07% to 21.28 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (ETR:) which rose 2.98% to 60.55, ADTRAN Holdingsa Inc (ETR:) which was up 2.81% to settle at 6.81 and Hensoldt Ag (ETR:) which gained 1.84% to close at 24.40.

The worst performers were Morphosys AG O.N. (ETR:) which was down 1.99% to 34.00 in late trade, Nagarro SE (ETR:) which lost 1.52% to settle at 87.45 and Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR:) which was down 1.09% to 52.60 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.

The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.35% to 13.53.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.56% or 11.70 to $2,071.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.61% or 0.44 to hit $71.33 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.10% or 0.08 to trade at $77.07 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.50% to 0.87.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 101.06.