FRANKFURT (dpa-AFX) – The German stock market started the shortened week before New Year’s Eve hardly changed after the Christmas holidays. Many investors have closed their books and are staying away from the stock market between the years.
On Monday, the DAX was 0.1 percent lower at 24,310 points a few minutes after Xetra trading opened. The MDAX of medium-sized stocks also fell by 0.1 percent to 30,263 points. The EuroStoxx 50 initially appeared virtually unchanged.
If the DAX annual increase of more than 22 percent is no longer shaken up on Monday and the additionally shortened Tuesday, 2025 would be the best stock market year for the leading index since 2019. The DAX remains within striking distance of the record of 24,771 points, which dates back to October. Before that, however, there is still the hurdle of the December high at just under 24,500 points as an important chart mark./edh/jha/