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Germany's benchmark DAX index closes down

Xinhua, December 10, 2015 Adjust font size:

The benchmark DAX index at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on Wednesday closed down by 81.11 points at 10,592.49 points.

The euro is becoming stronger against U.S. dollar, which mainly contributed to the drop of the blue-chip DAX index, according to local analysts. The DAX index lost 0.76 percent.

Volkswagen defied the emissions fraud issue and led the risers list with a strong increase of 6.21 percent. The two utilities companies RWE and E. ON followed, up by 2.13 percent and 1.66 percent respectively. HeidelbergCement climbed by 0.55 percent. ThyssenKrupp went up by 0.14 percent.

On the other hand, adidas lost 3.06 percent. Deutsche Boerse Group slipped by 2.08 percent. Bayer slid by 2.07 percent. Linde AG, an industrial gas company, fell by 1.92 percent.

Volkswagen was the most traded share of the day with a turnover of 485.4 million euros (around 527.2 million U.S. dollars). Enditem