Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Transportation & Logistics , Retail and Industrials sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 2.61%, while the MDAX index climbed 3.23%, and the TecDAX index gained 2.50%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Rheinmetall AG (ETR: RHMG ), which rose 5.84% or 79.50 points to trade at 1,440.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Siemens Energy AG (ETR: ENR1n ) added 5.81% or 3.12 points to end at 56.86 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (ETR: DBKGn ) was up 5.23% or 1.01 points to 20.32 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (ETR: HNKG_p ), which fell 0.72% or 0.48 points to trade at 66.02 at the close. E.ON SE (ETR: EONGn ) added 0.24% or 0.04 points to end at 14.51 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (ETR: CBKG ) was up 0.87% or 0.19 points to 21.95.

The top performers on the MDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (ETR: EVTG ) which rose 7.99% to 5.78, HelloFresh SE (ETR: HFGG ) which was up 7.36% to settle at 7.81 and AUTO1 Group SE (ETR: AG1G ) which gained 6.68% to close at 18.36.

The worst performers were Gerresheimer AG (ETR: GXIG ) which was down 0.09% to 53.00 in late trade, K+S AG (ETR: SDFGn ) which gained 0.44% to settle at 13.75 and Tag Immobilien AG (ETR: TEGG ) which was up 0.99% to 13.23 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (ETR: EVTG ) which rose 7.99% to 5.78, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR: AFXG ) which was up 5.20% to settle at 56.60 and Jenoptik AG (ETR: JENGn ) which gained 5.04% to close at 16.45.

The worst performers were CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (ETR: COP1n ) which was up 0.36% to 22.08 in late trade, IONOS Group SE (ETR: IOSn ) which gained 0.72% to settle at 27.85 and PNE Wind AG (ETR: PNEGn ) which was up 1.69% to 14.42 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 564 to 73 and 22 ended unchanged.

Shares in Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (ETR: HNKG_p ) fell to 52-week lows; falling 0.72% or 0.48 to 66.02. Shares in Gerresheimer AG (ETR: GXIG ) fell to 52-week lows; losing 0.09% or 0.05 to 53.00.

The DAX volatility index , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 3.04% to 21.14.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.79% or 25.69 to $3,218.91 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.83% or 0.51 to hit $60.99 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.54% or 0.35 to trade at $64.41 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.05% to 1.14, while EUR/GBP fell 0.68% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 99.37.