FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - DAX - down 24.75 points or 0.33 pct at
7,388.78
MDAX - down 35.40 points or 0.42 pct at 8,419.69
TecDAX - down 15.89 points or 1.95 pct at 799.87
DAX futures - up 52.50 points or 0.71 pct at 7,448.00
Major gainers:
-Metro, up 1.74 eur or 3.30 pct at 54.39 eur after the company sold its 245
Extra supermarkets to Rewe group, sparking hopes the company's new CEO Eckhard
Cordes may take up the reins and launch further divestments and restructuring
measures
-Deutsche Boerse, up 2.19 eur or 1.92 pct at 116.06 eur
-RWE, up 1.70 eur or 1.82 pct at 94.96 eur
-Bayer, up 1.07 eur or 1.79 pct at 61.01 after the US FDA yesterday approved
ZymoGenetics Inc's Recothrom thrombin for use as a topical hemostat, which is
being marketed by Bayer everywhere outside the US
-Merck KGaA, up 1.08 eur or 1.23 pct at 88.90 eur
Major decliners:
-Allianz, down 3.95 eur or 2.79 pct at 137.39 eur
-Continental AG, down 2.08 eur or 2.66 pct at 76.06 eur
-MAN, down 2.18 eur or 2.43 pct at 87.44 eur
-Linde, down 1.93 eur or 2.10 pct at 89.89 eur
-Commerzbank, down 0.46 eur or 2.10 pct at 21.44 eur
Other stocks in focus:
-Pfleiderer rose 1.37 eur or 10.42 pct to 14.52 eur on reports that US-based
private equity company One Equity Partners is seeking to acquire a majority
stake in the company and has already started buying shares.
-Arques slumped 1.87 eur or 10.85 pct to 15.37 eur after the company said
its chief executive Martin Vorderwuelbecke will leave the company after less
than a year in the job.
maria.sheahan@thomson.com
mas/cmr
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