FRANKFURT (dpa-AFX) - After the significant recovery in the middle of the week, investors on the German stock market were again more cautious. The most important share indices fell on Thursday.

The Dax fell by 0.62 percent to 17,505.79 points. On Wednesday, the leading index had made up for its heavy losses at the beginning of the week. On the New York stock market, however, it had already fallen again in the course of the week. Stock markets have been in choppy waters since the plunge triggered by recession worries in the USA.

"We are in the seasonally weakest time for equities all year," wrote market analyst Jochen Stanzl from trading house CMC Markets. The DAX is therefore not expected to bottom out until the beginning of October. Over the next few weeks, investors will remain in uncertain territory.

The MDax of medium-sized companies lost 0.78 percent to 24,045.01 points. The Eurozone's leading index, the EuroStoxx 50, lost 0.88 percent./la/jha/