Of the DAX opened at 15,130.80 points, only 0.1 percent lower. Then he ventures slightly into the profit zone. Of the TecDAX meanwhile started 0.08 percent easier at 3,580.52 points, but then booked significant surcharges.
Investors are likely to hold back before the start of the US reporting season in the afternoon. The accounting season starts with figures from the US bank JPMorgan.
Meanwhile, good news comes from China: The export boom is continuing there, with exports increasing even more in September than in the previous month.
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Of the EuroSTOXX 50 lost 0.06 percent to 4,052.48 points at the start, but then fell a little further into the red. In the end, however, he makes the jump to the zero line.
In the middle of the week, investors are looking towards the USA. There inflation figures are on the program. In addition, the Fed will publish its minutes of the latest interest rate meeting that evening. The Fed is heading towards an initial moderate tightening of its extremely generous monetary policy. Analysts expect it to begin reducing its multi-billion dollar asset purchases later this year.
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The leading US index Dow Jones trended sideways during trading. There were no major fluctuations, in the end it fell 0.34 percent to 34,378.01 index points. Also the tech value index NASDAQ Composite Goodbye with slight losses and closed 0.14 percent weaker at 14,465.92 meters.
The inflation issue, which is becoming explosive again due to rising energy prices, remains a burden, according to the market.
But the still ailing real estate sector in China is also putting pressure on the global markets. The crisis now extends beyond the industry giant Evergrande: Two board members of the ailing property developer Fantasia have now resigned after the company was unable to repay a bond of 206 million US dollars. Now the dominant concern is that other companies could be affected.
On Wednesday, the banks JPMorgan, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, among others, will ring in the figures for the third quarter.
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In Japan there was the leading index Nikkei by 0.32 percent to 28,140.28 points by the end of trading.
On the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the Shanghai composite posted an increase of 0.42 percent to 3,561.76 meters. No action was taken in Hong Kong on Wednesday due to a typhoon warning. As the exchange operator announced in the meantime, no clearing and settlement services for securities will be offered on Wednesday. The closed on Tuesday Hang Seng 1.43 percent lower at 24,962.59 units.
Investors continued to worry about inflation after the IMF issued a warning in the latest global economic outlook that inflation expectations in the US would rise. In addition, investors would hold back before the start of the reporting season, it was said on the market. “This reporting season is also critical because last season earnings, especially in the US, were very strong, which is partly due to a base effect. The third quarter could become a little more standard,” said Stefan Hofer, Chief Investment strategist at LGT with Dow Jones Newswires.
In China, exports rose even faster in September than in the previous month and exceeded expectations. By contrast, imports grew more slowly than forecast.
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