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Frankfurt / Main (dpa) - With a tailwind from friendly stock exchanges on the other side of the Atlantic, the Dax again passed the 14,000 mark on Thursday.
In early trading, the leading German index gained 0.44 percent to 14,000.37 points.
The MDax of medium-sized companies rose by 0.48 percent to 31,459.07 points.
At the same time, the leading Eurozone index EuroStoxx 50 rose by 0.60 percent to 3638.04 points.
According to information from the news channel CNN, the designated US President Joe Biden wants to propose a two trillion dollar economic aid package to Congress.
This also fits with the information that the Bloomberg news agency claims to have received the previous evening from a person familiar with the matter: The high-ranking Democrat and future Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer had urged Biden to pay more than 1.3 trillion dollars in a first round to loosen up on Corona aid.
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The danger that threatens from Italy is currently hardly receiving any greater attention, as is the corona situation, which continues to be violent despite the vaccinations that have started, with increasingly severe and longer lockdowns.
In Italy, after the mini-party Italia Viva of Matteo Renzi withdrew from the cabinet of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, the center-left alliance is left without a majority in parliament.
However, as QC Partners' portfolio manager Thomas Altmann fears, a parliament that is practically incapable of acting could also have noticeably negative consequences for the stock markets in the difficult times currently caused by the crisis.
Bank stocks were in demand among the individual stocks in the Dax, as was the case across Europe.
Deutsche Bank shares rose 2.9 percent and Commerzbank's MDax rose 1.9 percent.
Investors may already be buying in anticipation of positive figures from the US banking sector.
A few companies from the second and third rows reported on their quarterly balance sheets.
The shop pharmacy informed about the issue of a convertible bond, which sent the shares to the end of the MDax with minus 6.5 percent.
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The medical and safety technology group Drägerwerk reported a strong financial year in view of the corona pandemic.
This is unlikely to continue in 2021.
The shares fell by 0.7 percent and, according to a trader, also suffered from the order situation.
The automotive supplier and lighting specialist Hella announced final figures for the second fiscal quarter, whereupon the papers fell by 0.2 percent.
The organic growth was slightly better than reported on the preliminary basis, commented Jefferies analyst Sascha Gommel and also pointed out that Hella has now reaffirmed the raised fiscal year targets.
Südzucker reported final figures and announced an increase in net loss to 53 million euros for the past nine months.
The share gained 0.2 percent.
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In addition, analyst opinions moved.
The French Exane BNP Paribas has raised its rating for the Adidas share from “Neutral” to “Outperform”.
At the same time, the target price was raised from EUR 270 to EUR 325.
The sporting goods manufacturer's paper rose by 1.2 percent.
The private bank Berenberg is meanwhile starting the valuation of the HeidelbergCement share with “Buy” and a price target of 75 euros, which also brought this share a plus of a little more than 1 percent.
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