FRANKFURT (dpa-AFX) - After the Dax jumped by almost 1,000 points within five days and recently set three records in a row, investors took things more slowly on Thursday. In the first few minutes of trading, the leading Dax index virtually stood still at 20,242 points. It thus remained just below the previous day's record.

"The Dax has ended the last five trading days in positive territory. This is the longest positive streak since August," noted Thomas Altmann from asset manager QC Partners. Nevertheless, "hardly any investors have decided to leave the party at the moment".

The MDax of medium-sized stock market companies rose by half a percent to 26,947 points. The leading eurozone index EuroStoxx 50 hardly moved /bek/jha/.