FRANKFURT (dpa-AFX) - The German stock market came under pressure on Thursday afternoon. In view of a weak opening of trading on Wall Street, German share prices were also dragged down. The Dax recently lost a good one percent to 13,931 points, moving further away from the 14,000-point mark.
In the U.S., papers from the semiconductor industry in particular sank, weighed down by weak business figures and a gloomy outlook from Micron Technology. The technology-heavy Nasdaq 100 Index lost almost two percent./bek/he
