The Dax held its level on Wednesday.
In the afternoon, the leading index rose slightly by 0.03 percent to 15,794.85 points.
A new record remains within reach.
The Dax had reached the previous record of 15,806 points two days ago.
Frankfurt / Main - The MDax fell in the afternoon by 0.21 percent to 34,847.23 meters.
The leading Eurozone index EuroStoxx 50, on the other hand, barely made it into the profit zone with 4098.47 points most recently.
In New York, the Dow Jones began trading moderately in positive territory.
As on the day before, the starting reporting season in the banking sector in the USA was the subject of discussion.
After JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs had heralded it the day before, Bank of America and Citigroup were now on the agenda.
The environment for financial stocks was better in Europe.
Deutsche Bank papers recovered 1.4 percent.
The shares of Hugo Boss gained more than six percent at times.
However, the profit flattened recently to two percent.
In view of the subsided pandemic, the fashion group dares to make an annual forecast that was well received.
In the second quarter, the group achieved a significant jump in sales and earnings compared to the same period in the previous year, which was heavily influenced by the pandemic.
Otherwise steel stocks were particularly noticeable.
This was especially true for the papers from Klöckner & Co and Salzgitter included in the SDax, with profits of up to 4.4 percent.
Here, an analyst vote made investors more courageous.
The travel figures also continued to attract attention due to the increasing number of corona infections.
In Frankfurt trading, Tui papers fell by almost six percent to their lowest level since February.
English newspapers reported that the tourism group had removed more travel destinations from its list of offers by August.
The shares of Lufthansa and the airport operator Fraport fell by two percent each.
The wind turbine manufacturer Nordex reported major orders from Italy.
In a weak environment for the energy sector too, the shares were unable to benefit from this.
With a minus of 0.7 percent, they had to struggle not to fall to an annual low.
The euro initially hit a three-month low against the dollar in early Wednesday trading, but then recovered.
Most recently, $ 1.1826 was paid for the common currency.
The European Central Bank set the reference rate on Tuesday at $ 1.1844
The current yield on the German bond market remained at minus 0.37 percent.
The Rex bond index fell 0.01 percent to 145.36 points, while the Bund future rose 0.21 percent to 174.19 points.
dpa
