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German shares fell on Thursday on concerns about the budget bill not being able to reduce fiscal deficit of the U.S. government. However, the losses were capped on better than forecast unemployment data. German unemployment advanced a seasonally adjusted 3,000 to 2.942 million instead of the expected 10,000 estimate, and the adjusted unemployment rate stayed at 6.9%. The DAX index eased 0.31% to 7,752.95. All but five groups declined in the benchmark index. K+S AG fell 3.9% after the price forecast for the company's shares was downgraded by Exane BNP Paribas. The latter decreased K+S's share-price forecast to 29.50 euros, down 5%, and kept its recommendation at under-perform. Meanwhile, Infineon Technologies shares rallied 1.59% and led gains in the technology shares that were 0.18% up. Furthermore, Deutsche Lufthansa, the provider of passenger and cargo air transportation, added 0.78%, lifting up the consumer services shares by 0.84%.


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