Frankfurt’s DAX 40 fell about 0.4% to around 25,600 on Friday, ending a two-session advance and broadly following regional markets lower. Caution returned after a week of central-bank decisions as traders monitored diplomatic developments around the war in the Middle East, including a planned meeting next week between US President Donald Trump and Gulf-state leaders on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. Oil prices declined for a third consecutive day. Telecoms, autos and insurers were among the weakest sectors, while technology stocks outperformed. Infineon Technologies surged more than 3%, and AI-linked shares Siemens Energy and Hochtief also gained after Nvidia’s CEO offered a bullish outlook and predicted the company would sell twice as many chips over the coming year.