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Frankfurt / Main (dpa) - Thanks to strong economic data from the USA, the Dax continued its record run after the long Easter weekend.

The leading index passed the 15,200 point mark for the first time on Tuesday.

Shortly after the start of trading, it rose by 0.90 percent to 15,243.63 points, and the SDax small cap index also set a new record.

He last gained 1.03 percent on 15,898.03 points.

For the MDax of the medium-sized values, it rose by 0.77 percent to 32,539.19 points.

The leading Eurozone index EuroStoxx 50 rose by 0.62 percent to 3970.62 points.

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Positive impulses came from overseas: the Dow Jones Industrial and also the broad S&P 500 jumped to record levels on Easter Monday and benefited from economic optimism in the generally thin Easter trade.

On Good Friday, data showed that the labor market in the United States recovered surprisingly strongly.

On Monday, the strongly brightened mood of the US service providers surprised positively.

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