Lanxess heads for best day ever as Q3 cash flow improves
** Shares in Lanxess LXSG.DE jump around 19%, heading for their best day ever, after the German speciality chemicals maker posted a sharp improvement in quarterly free cash flow
** Q3 free cash flow improved to €48 million ($54 million), from a negative €14 million a year earlier; co expects a positive figure in Q4 also
** Statements on free cash flow may help "shattered" shares despite FY guidance adjustment, a local trader says
** "That's certainly where investors are focusing on," Michael Schaefer from ODDO BHF says, referring to FCF
** The stock is at the top of Germany's mid-cap index .MDAXI
($1 = 0.8880 euros)