Germany's benchmark DAX index little changed

The benchmark DAX index at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on Thursday went up slightly by 67.39 points at 11,332.78 points.

The blue-chip index went all the way up after it opened on Thursday amid expectations that the Greek debt negotiations could come to an early end. However, the International Monetary Fund team on Greek debt negotiations headed home, proving a blow to the DAX index, which managed to gain slightly by 0.6 percent.

Allianz SE topped the list of risers, up by 1.72 percent. LANXESS AG, a leading specialty chemicals company, advanced by 1.6 percent. Daimler AG soared by 1.33 percent and adidas AG climbed by 1.24 percent. Linde AG, an industrial gas company, went up by 1.17 percent.

The utilities company E.ON SE dropped by 1.7 percent. Deutsche Lufthansa AG plunged by 0.93 percent. ThyssenKrupp AG lost 0.9 percent. The utilities company RWE AG St slipped by 0.66 percent and Volkswagen AG Vz went down by 0.55 percent.

The turnover stood at 4.11 billion euros (around 4.65 billion U.S. dollars ). Daimler AG was the most traded share of the day with a turnover of 436.62 million euros (around 493.46 million U.S. dollars). Enditem