After substantial
gains on Tuesday, German benchmark DAX index was marginally up on Wednesday. At
the moment of writing DAX index is 0.07% or 4.21 points up at 5,893.97. Among
main decliners were German automakers BMW AG and Volkswagen AG tumbling
1.2% and 1% respectively. Financial stocks also provided negative contribution
as Deutsche Bank AG gave up 2% while Commerzbank AG lost 1.6%.