German stocks down

GERMAN stocks declined for the first day in six, paced by Deutsche Boerse after Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings agreed to buy CBOT Holdings to create the world’s largest derivatives exchange.

The DAX Index retreated 71.44, to 6,115.10 as all of the benchmark’s 30 stocks fell. The HDAX Index of the country’s 110 biggest firms dropped 1.2% to 3,143.02.