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

At the close in Frankfurt, the fell 2.31% to hit a new 3-months low, while the index lost 1.40%, and the index lost 1.40%.

The best performers of the session on the were MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:), rose 3.0%, or 5.65 point to trade at 194.15 after the close. Meanwhile, Qiagen NV (DE:) added 0.99% or 0.455 points to end at 46.560 and Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:) was up 0.85% or 0.510 points to 60.650 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:) fell 7.67%, or 0.850 points, to close at 10.230. Continental AG O.N. (DE:) declined 5.59% or 5.37 points to end at 90.72 and Zalando SE (DE:) was down 4.65% or 4.44 points to 91.14.

The top performers on the MDAX were Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:) which rose 5.53% to 8.664, Fraport AG (DE:) which was up 5.12% to settle at 56.410 and CTS Eventim AG (DE:) which gained 2.78% to close at 59.860.

The worst performers were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:) which was down 7.92% to 5.034 in late trade, Varta AG (DE:) which lost 7.23% to settle at 110.950 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:), which fell 5.61% and 8.608 by the end.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE) rose 2.3% to 42.890. Qiagen N (DE) was 0.99% higher to settle at 46.5660. Jenoptik AG(DE:), which saw a 0.92% increase to 30.720, were the top performers on the TecDAX.

The worst performers were Varta AG (DE:) which was down 7.23% to 110.950 in late trade, Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:), which fell 4.49% to close at 174.60, and Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:), which dropped 3.85% to 36.440 by the close.

By 590 to 1, advancing stocks on Frankfurt Stock Exchange outnumbered falling ones by 134, and 47 were unchanged at the close.

The, which tracks the implied volatility for DAX options was at a 6-month high of 15.08%, or 27.48.

For December delivery, Gold Futures rose 0.60% to $1761.85 an ounce. Other commodities traded included Crude oil falling 1.99% or 1.43 for November delivery to reach $70.39/barrel, and November Brent oil contract dropping 1.66% or 1.25 at $74.09/barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.7% at 1.1733 and EUR/GBP rose 0.699% to 0.8590.

US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.05% to 93.220.