** Shares in Grand City Properties GYC.DE slip around
3%after the German residential real estate company suspended its
dividend payout for the second year in a row, due to
macro-economic environment
** "While the market situation has recently shown certain
improvements, macroeconomic uncertainty remains," the company
says
** It also warns of uncertainty over its leverage
development saying transaction markets have yet to open up
sufficiently
** Jefferies flags the dividend suspension is likely to be a
disappointment for the consensus, which had expected a 0.39 euro
dividend
** The stock is at the bottom of Germany's small-cap index
(Reporting by Ozan Ergenay)
((ozan.ergenay@thomsonreuters.com))