BERLIN, April 9 (Xinhua) -- German stocks were virtually unchanged at the start of trading on Friday, with the benchmark DAX index losing 4.54 points, or 0.03 percent, opening at 15,198.14 points.

The biggest winner among Germany's 30 largest listed companies at the start of trading was carmaker Daimler, increasing by 0.98 percent, followed by aircraft engine manufacturer MTU Aero Engines with 0.59 percent and Deutsche Bank with 0.52 percent.

Shares of Infineon fell by 0.84 percent. The German chipmaker was the biggest loser at the start of trading on Friday.

German exports in February grew for the tenth month in a row, increasing by 0.9 percent on the previous month to 107.8 billion euros (128.2 billion U.S. dollars), the country's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) announced on Friday.

Production in Germany's industry in February declined by 1.6 percent on the previous month and was even down 6.4 percent year-on-year, Destatis announced on Friday.

Turnover in Germany's main construction industry in January was down 15.6 percent year-on-year, according to Destatis. Still, the number of employees increased by 1.3 percent at the same time.

The yield on German ten-year bonds went up 0.015 percentage point to minus 0.317 percent, and the euro was trading almost unchanged at 1.1916 U.S. dollars, decreasing by 0.01 percent on Friday morning. Enditem

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