German DAX index faced a choppy session on Thursday as economic sentiment for the Euro region declined unexpectedly. All nine sectors traded into negative area led by heavyweight auto makers which contributed most to German benchmark's loss. Daimler AG fell 2.4%, BMW AG dropped 0.6% and Volkswagen AG tumbled 2.8%. ThyssenKrupp AG lost 1.2% after Exane BNP Paribas downgraded its stock from neutral to underperform. At the moment of writing DAX 30 trades 1.16% or 81.45 points lower at 6,917.35.