Germany’s benchmark equity index DAX plunged last month over fears of slow economic growth. From 9,454 the index fell to as low as 8,354 for a fall over 11%. However it recovered strongly from the depth of the lows and closed at 9,326 in October.As of Nov 10th, the DAX is down by 2.1% year-to-date while …
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Germany has been reluctant in recent months to impose aggressive sanctions on Russia for its involvement in the Ukraine crisis. This is because unlike other developed countries including the U.S., Russia is an important trade partner for Germany. Many German companies have large investments in Russia and benefit from selling goods and services to Russia. In return, …
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In this post let’s take a brief look at the top trading partners of Germany last year.As Europe’s largest economy and an export-oriented economy Germany trades with some of the other major countries. The chart below shows the top trading partners of Germany: Click to enlarge Source: De Statis Among the top five export destinations, three …
The benchmark stock market index of Germany is the DAX Index. The index is comprised of 30 blue-chip German companies trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The index was created in 1988. Any investor looking to invest in European companies have to firs consider the German market since the country is the economic powerhouse of …
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The DAX Index is the German equity market’s benchmark index. The index is similar to the Dow Jones Industrial Average in that it is comprised of 30 blue-chip companies traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. DAX had a base value of 1,000 as of Dec 31, 1987. Yesterday it closed at 9,497.84. The chart below shows …
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