DAX index falls 0.2% with 14 of the 30 stocks in the benchmark declining in Frankfurt

DAX index falls 0.2% with 14 of the 30

stocks in the benchmark declining in Frankfurt at 9:43am. Stoxx

Europe 600 declines 0.1%.

DECLINERS

* Aixtron (AIXA GY) -5%; declines for 8th day; longest streak

since Jan. 29

* Commerzbank (CBK GY) -0.5%; PT cut 8% to EU12 at RBC

* Dialog Semiconductor (DLG GY) -1.3%; drops below upper

Bollinger band

* Euromicron (EUCA GY) -1.2%; gained 15% yday; drops below 50-

DMA

* Evonik (EVK GY) -1.3%; CVC completes sale of 15m co. shrs at

EU34.60/shr

* Rocket Internet (RKET GY) -12%; resolves convertible bonds

of EU550m

* RWE (RWE GY) -2.5%; cut to sell at UBS

* Volkswagen (VOW3 GY) -1.7%; PT cut 7% to EU253 at JPMorgan;

car sector among biggest decliners in Stoxx 600 Europe

* BMW (BMW GY) -0.7%; Chinese partner warns of 40% slump

in profit on slowdown

* Daimler (DAI GY) -0.4%

* MAN (MAN GY) -0.5%

* Porsche Automobil Holding (PAH3 GY) -1.3%

* Continental (CON GY) -0.8%

* ElringKlinger (ZIL2 GY) -1.2%

* Rheinmetall (RHM GY) -1.3%

* Wirecard (WDI GY) -0.8%; shrs are “very expensive,” Credit

Suisse says

ADVANCERS

* Draegerwerk (DRW3 GY) +1.1%; gains for 4th day; rises above

50-DMA

* Grammer (GMM GY) +0.5%; expands supplier relationship with

Hyundai

* Infineon (IFX GY) +0.4%; Tsinghua Unigroup said to plan $23b

offer for Micron

* Lotto24 (LO24 GY) +6.3%; rises above upper Bollinger band

* Software (SOW GY) +0.6%; rises for 4th day

* Wilex (WL6 GY) +3.4%; 1H sales rev. rises 14%, net loss

narrows

* Zalando (ZAL GY) +1.9%; gains for 4th day; RSI signals

possible overbought