The price of Bayer shares slipped further in the second quarter of 2010. Including the dividend of €1.40 per share paid on May 3, 2010, the second-quarter performance of Bayer stock came to minus 5.5%.
With a closing price of €46.00 on June 30, 2010, the stock’s performance trended 15.4% down on the end of 2009, due also to the dividend payment as stated above. Capital market trends were heterogeneous over this period. While the DAX remained nearly level in the second quarter, closing at 5,966 points, the European reference index EURO STOXX 50 (performance index) fell by 11.1% since the beginning of the year, closing the second quarter at 4,177 points.