German stocks closed flat on Monday, with the benchmark DAX index up 11.83 points, or 0.09 percent, to close at 13,003.70 points.

German airlines Lufthansa won the most among the blue chips, with its shares up 1.27 percent. Multinational chemical and pharmaceutical company Bayer and European health care company Fresenius SE rose by 1.21 percent and 0.91 percent respectively.

German multinational building materials company HeidelbergCement lost the most among the blue chips, by falling 1.58 percent. European mass media company ProSiebenSat.1 and chemical firm Linde went down by 1.49 percent and 1.12 percent respectively.

Automotive manufacturer Daimler was the most-traded share with a turnover of 242.60 million euros (286.34 million U.S. dollars).