DAX and euro slide to new lows
DDP/The Local - [email protected]
Published: 24 Oct, 2008 CET.
Updated: Fri 24 Oct 2008 11:31 CET
Stocks and the euro were battered on Friday, as Germany’s leading stock index the DAX hit a three-year low in early trading and the single currency dipped to the lowest point this year against the US dollar.
A slide on Asia's equity markets heading into the weekend weighed heavily on German shares, causing the index of the country’s top 30 listed companies to fall to levels not seen since May 2005. In midmorning trading the DAX was down 6.8 percent at 4,203 points.
Automaker stocks were under particular pressure, with VW off by 10 percent, Daimler down 11 percent, and BMW by 8 percent.
The euro also took a beating on Friday, hitting a new low against the greenback as foreign investors from Asia and elsewhere pulled out of the single currency to bring their money home. In early trading the euro fell to $1.2624 – the lowest exchange rate this year.
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A slide on Asia's equity markets heading into the weekend weighed heavily on German shares, causing the index of the country’s top 30 listed companies to fall to levels not seen since May 2005. In midmorning trading the DAX was down 6.8 percent at 4,203 points.
Automaker stocks were under particular pressure, with VW off by 10 percent, Daimler down 11 percent, and BMW by 8 percent.
The euro also took a beating on Friday, hitting a new low against the greenback as foreign investors from Asia and elsewhere pulled out of the single currency to bring their money home. In early trading the euro fell to $1.2624 – the lowest exchange rate this year.
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