FRANKFURT (dpa-AFX) - After the record jump above 20,000 points the day before, the Dax has gone one better in the middle of the week. In early trading on Wednesday, the leading German index climbed another 0.5 percent to 20,124 points. The much-cited year-end rally has thus entered another round.

The DAX received support from heavyweight SAP. The share is benefiting from surprisingly strong business figures from US competitor Salesforce. The SAP share is the heaviest stock in the leading German index.

The MDax of mid-sized stock market companies rose by half a percent to 26,593 points. The leading eurozone index EuroStoxx 50 was also somewhat firmer./bek/jha/