Markets
German stocks plunge more than 5.0 percent
FRANKFURT : German stocks were down more than 5.0 percent in late afternoon trading on Thursday, extending their earl
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At around 1450 GMT, the blue-chip DAX 30 index hit an intraday low of 5,149.15 points, a drop of 5.23 percent on the day. It then came back off that low to show a loss of 4.93 percent at 5,165.96 points.
Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011