The Dax started trading on Thursday with price gains. Also thanks to good specifications from overseas stock exchanges, the leading German index rose by 0.66 percent to 15,608.79 points in the first few minutes. The twelve-month high of 15,658 points reached a week ago is therefore close again.

The other indices also continued to rise: the MDax for medium-sized companies gained 1.13 percent to 28,975.30 points and the leading eurozone index EuroStoxx 50 rose by 0.67 percent to 4308.76 points.