Investors held back on the German stock market on Friday.

The DAX already opened with a minor tee and then commuted around the zero line in a narrow range. He closed 0.08 percent weaker at 24,304.46 points.
Also the Tecdax Moderately gave off after he had already started the trade weaker. Ultimately, he noted 0.36 percent lower at 3,941.43 units.

On Thursday, the German leading index had reached a new all -time high after the key interest rate of the European Central Bank (ECB) at 24,479.42 points. The moderate signals of the ECB in the press conference then dampened further interest rate hopes, but the DAX ultimately closed with 24,323.58 positions on a new record.

Investors looked at the US labor market report today: employment growth in the United States remained at a stable level in May. According to the U.S. Ministry of Labor, a total of 139,000 new positions in the private sector and the public sector were created. The separately published US unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.2 percent in May. The employment rate – i.e. the proportion of workers in the population of working age – decreased slightly, from 62.6 to 62.4 percent.

In the month comparison, the average hourly wages increased by $ 36.24. This corresponds to an increase of 3.9 percent compared to the previous year, after 3.8 percent. Economists had only expected a monthly increase of 0.3 percent and an annual rate of 3.7 percent.

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