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FRANKFURT, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- German stocks closed flat on Thursday, with the benchmark DAX index down 20.12 points, or 0.16 percent, to close at 12,365.58 points.
Tire specialist Continental lost 4.81 percent, the top loser among the blue chips, followed by multinational chemical and pharmaceutical company Bayer and Deutsche Bank, which lost 2.52 percent and 1.99 percent respectively.
Energy group RWE gained 1.69 percent, becoming the top gainer. Manufacturing and electronics company Siemens advanced 1.53 percent. Personal-care company Beiersdorf went up by 1.13 percent.
Continental was the most traded share with a turnover of 385.73 million euros (446.63 million U.S. dollars). Enditem
