Dax slips just into the red at the time of great decline. Tension ahead of the US Federal Reserve's key interest rate decision next week is increasing because people are hoping for signals of possible easing.
Since the turn of the year, the stock market barometer has gained 7.1 percent, and on a weekly basis the German leading index has increased by 0.69 percent. Only a slim majority of the market now expects the first interest rate cut in the USA in June.