FRANKFURT (dpa-AFX) - At the end of a mixed week, the Dax was able to make further gains. In early trading, the leading index rose by 0.38 percent to 18,279.85 points, positively outperforming the MDax, which fell by 0.23 percent to 25,314.93 points. Meanwhile, the EuroStoxx, the leading eurozone index, rose by 0.3 percent.

Wall Street rose slightly after the end of European trading, which is now helping share prices somewhat. At the end of the week, the focus shifted to inflation signals: the development of consumer prices in France and Spain met expectations in the morning. Figures from Italy and the so-called PCE deflator from the USA, which is the Fed's preferred measure of inflation, will be published later.

Over the course of the week, the Dax is up 0.6 percent. On the last trading day in June, it is also time to draw a longer-term conclusion: The Dax is currently heading for a gain of around nine percent in the first half of the year, although this is heavily influenced by the first quarter. In the second quarter of the year, the leading index has fallen by a good one percent so far./tih/jha/