Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent

Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.

Around the World's Market: Frankfurt

Wednesday 29 September 1999 00:02 BST
Comments

Your support helps us to tell the story

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.

Your support makes all the difference.

GERMAN SHARES fell more than 2 per cent, weighed down by losses in Deutsche Telekom as concerns mounted about its global aspirations from merger talks between two US rivals. The DAX-30 fell 2.30 per cent to 5,119.10.

Telekom fell 2.82 per cent amid concerns that talks between MCI WorldCom and Sprint could prevent the German group from breaking into the US market. Telekom holds a 10 per cent stake in Sprint and it is thought it could build on this to seek a takeover of the company.

Join our commenting forum

Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies

Comments

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in