FRANKFURT (dpa-AFX) - After the recent recovery rally, investors took profits on Commerzbank and Deutsche Bank shares. Deutsche Bank shares fell 2.4 percent to 9.71 euros on the Dax on Monday. Commerzbank shares were down by as much as 3.6 percent to 9.98 euros, bringing them to the bottom of the leading index. However, since the end of March, both had also recovered by around one fifth from the price caprices surrounding the crisis at the U.S. regional banks.

At the beginning of the week, the shares of some U.S. banks had to let feathers again: State Street was down 15 percent in early trading on Wall Street, the institution disappointed with its net inflows in the first quarter. In this wake, shares of Bank of New York Mellon lost almost 7 percent. Meanwhile, the European sector index Stoxx Europe 600 Banks lost 1.5 percent./niw/he