One day after the significant increase in interest rates by the European Central Bank (ECB), the German stock market is showing its friendly side. On Friday morning, the Dax made a new attempt towards the 13,000 point mark and was up 0.46 percent at 12,963.58 points after the first few minutes of trading.

The MDax of medium-sized stocks advanced even more significantly a few minutes after the opening, with plus one percent to 25,377.72 points. Things also went up early in the morning on the European stage, the Eurozone leading index EuroStoxx 50 was almost half a percent higher.