Frankfurt / Main - The German stock market got off to a firmer start to the week and has largely recovered from the price slide on Friday.
In early trading, the Dax fell to its lowest level in a month, but quickly recovered.
Ultimately, the leading German index gained 1.00 percent to 15,603.24 points. The MDax of the medium-sized values gained 0.52 percent to 34,198.71 points. In the afternoon, positive impulses came primarily from the strong US stock exchanges. Overall, however, the trading day was still dominated by the post-processing of the "great decline" on the futures exchanges last Friday, noted market expert Andreas Lipkow from Comdirect. He believes that with the penetration into the price range of 15,600 points, the air for the Dax will be thinner again and profit-taking will "put an end to the game". dpa