FRANKFURT (dpa-AFX) - The slight setback in the Dax is continuing at the beginning of the new week. Around two hours before the opening, the broker IG estimated that the German leading index would be 0.15 percent lower at 20,185 points. Last Wednesday, at 20,480 points, it had again advanced to within sight of its record of 20,522 points set in mid-December.
Then US President-elect Donald Trump dampened the good mood again with renewed threatening gestures regarding high import duties for goods from other countries, as inflation concerns increased. A strong US labor market report further dampened sentiment on Friday, as concerns about the possibility of a delay in further interest rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve were rekindled, as were tariff threats.