Off the wire
• Zambia hails China for supporting in building human resource capital  • Finnair to open 12 new scheduled flights for summer 2016  • Eurogroup urges Greece to maintain bailout commitment after PM resignation  • UN chief calls for inclusive, transparent political dialogue in Burundi  • Estonia celebrates 24th anniversary of restoration of independence  • Portugal's left block party accuses ruling coalition of "democratic suffocation"  • 1st LD Writethru: Gold up sharply on likely rate hike delay  • More than 1 in 4 people in Switzerland suffers chronic illness: report  • Feature: China-sponsored training boosts Kenyans' grasp on railway technology  • Moscow slams Western reaction over Russian court's sentences to Estonian officer  
You are here: 　 Home

Germany's benchmark DAX index closes down on Thursday

Xinhua, August 21, 2015 Adjust font size:

The benchmark DAX index at Frankfurt Stock Exchange on Thursday continued to decline and it lost almost 250 points.

The doubt about the global economic growth is increasing among investors, which brought the blue-chip index down, according to local analysts. It fell by 249.96 points, or 2.34 percent, and closed at 10,432.19 points.

All the 30 DAX member shares suffered losses. The utilities company RWE AG St lost 0.2 percent, the smallest margin among all the member shares.

On the other hand, Deutsche Boerse AG topped the list of losers, down by 3.65 percent. Deutsche Telekom AG plunged by 3.57 percent. Commerzbank AG declined by 3.54 percent. Allianz SE slipped by 3.51 percent and Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. went down by 3.47 percent.

The turnover stood at 4.67 billion euros (around 5.16 billion U.S. dollars). Daimler AG was the most traded share of the day with a turnover of 396.09 million euros (around 437.84 million U.S. dollars). Endit