According to Fed minutes: DAX firmer — Asia’s stock exchanges ultimately in the black — Stabilus buys Destaco in million-dollar takeover — Südzucker increases earnings forecast again — Kontron, Microsoft, Ford in focus

The German stock market appeared stronger on Thursday.

That’s how he opened DAX The session opened 0.50 percent higher at 15,537.87 points and is currently in green territory. The TecDAX also increases. It had previously started trading with a gain of 0.28 percent at 3,043.48 points.

“On the stock market, hope for an earlier than previously expected monetary policy change by the US Federal Reserve Bank is back,” quotes dpa-AFX analyst Jochen Stanzl from the trading company CMC Markets. After the Fed minutes the evening before, US bond yields fell – which provided relief. As the minutes state, the monetary policy debate at the Fed has shifted. The key interest rates have reached near the peak and so the question is less about the level of interest rates and more about how long they will be kept at an elevated level. Investors are now eagerly awaiting US consumer prices (CPI) after producer prices were slightly higher than expected the day before.

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