The German stock market started trading on Tuesday with a slight damper.
The quarterly figures and outlooks from the car manufacturer BMW and the chip company Infineon were not well received by investors.
There are also concerns about the spread of the delta variant of the corona virus in China.
Shortly after opening, the German Dax share index was 0.23 percent lower at 15,532.45 points.
The day before, an initially lively start to the week had dried up, with a good 15,700 points and thus around 100 points below the record high, the Dax had ended.
The M-Dax of the medium-sized values fell on Tuesday morning by 0.14 percent to 35,335.72 points. The leading Eurozone index Euro Stoxx 50 lost around 0.2 percent.