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Germany's benchmark DAX index closes down

Xinhua, September 11, 2015 Adjust font size:

The benchmark DAX index at Frankfurt Stock Exchange on Thursday fell nearly 100 points and closed above 10,000 points.

The effect of sharp rebound of Japanese stock market on German shares faded away, as well as economic data from Asia and Europe weighed on the confidence of investors. The blue-chip index lost 90.68 points , or 0.9 percent, closed at 10210.44 points.

German utility giant E.ON SE dropped the most, down by 7.61 percent, after it released the revised strategy late on Wednesday, with forecasting substantial negative net loss for 2015. Among top fallers are also RWE AG St and Linde AG, which fell 4.26 percent and 2.13 percent respectively. The leading specialty chemicals company LANXESS AG, by contrast, advanced the most by 3.05 percent.

The turnover dropped slightly to 3.31 billion euros (around 3.73 billion U.S. dollars). E.ON SE was the most traded share of the day with a turnover of 316.84 million euros (around 357.2 million U.S. dollars). Endit