Mercedes-Benz Group AG shares fell the most in four years after a deepening slowdown in China prompted the world’s biggest luxury-car maker to cut its outlook.

Top-end German carmakers have joined expensive French handbags among the products hit by weak consumer sentiment in the country.

Mercedes-Benz Group cut its financial forecast for the year due to a rapid deterioration of its business in China -- the company's biggest market. The Chinese market has cooled further, hurting sales of Mercedes' most expensive models like the S-Class and Maybach sedans.