FRANKFURT (dpa-AFX) - After a price loss of almost 10 percent within a little more than one trading day, Aixtron shares recovered on Thursday morning. At the end of the day, they were still down around half a percent at 23.79 euros, having fallen to a low of almost 23 euros.

Analyst Michael Kuhn from Deutsche Bank referred to apparently "insubstantial" market speculation that Aixtron was about to lose its important customers Wolfspeed and ON Semiconductor. According to the company, this was completely unfounded. According to Kuhn, he had discussed the issue with CFO Christian Danninger.

The analyst continues to rate the shares as a "buy", with a target price of EUR 34./mis/jha/