India, Aug. 27 -- German stocks are down in negative territory in cautious trade on Wednesday amid political uncertainty in France ahead of a confidence vote early next month, and anxiety ahead of Nvidia's earnings for clues on the AI trade.

A survey showing weak German consumer confidence is also weighing on sentiment. German consumer confidence is set to continue to fall in September as rising fear of job losses weighed on purchase decisions and damped hopes of robust economic recovery, a closely watched survey showed. The benchmark DAX, which dropped to 24,011.70 earlier in the session, was down 65.60 points or 0.27% at 24,114.27 a little while ago.

Commerzbank, which closed sharply lower on Tuesday following a rating downgrade, is dow...