FRANKFURT (dpa-AFX) - The quarterly figures from Mercedes-Benz are likely to further depress the carmaker's shares on Friday. In pre-market trading on Tradegate, they lost 2.5 percent to 61.40 euros compared to the Xetra close. This would be the lowest level in Xetra trading since the end of January.

Like the European car manufacturers Stellantis and Renault the day before, Mercedes also failed to convince investors.

The Stuttgart-based company felt the effects of the weaker environment for the automotive industry in the second quarter of the year. One investor spoke of a rather sobering quarterly report overall, even though the Group outlook had been confirmed./ajx/jha/