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GERMANY: - GAINS EXPECTED - Buoyed by hopes of interest rate cuts in the US, the Dax is likely to start slightly higher on Wednesday ahead of the publication of US inflation data. The data will have a major impact on the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy. Two hours before the start of trading on Xetra, the broker IG estimated the leading German index at 17,857 points, an increase of 0.25 percent. The previous day, US producer prices had already supported the indices in Germany, but especially in New York. Since its slide to almost 17,000 points at the beginning of the previous week, the Dax has now made up around half of its losses since the beginning of the month. At just over 17,900 points, it is encountering resistance at the price gap that emerged at the beginning of August. In addition to consumer prices from the USA, investors in Germany are once again focusing on the reporting season in the middle of the week, which is now on the home straight. In the DAX, energy companies RWE and Eon present quarterly figures.

USA: - GAINS - The US stock market gained new momentum on Tuesday thanks to hopes of an imminent interest rate cut by the Fed. After a subdued start to the week, investors were more courageous again, especially in technology stocks. Shortly before consumer prices, which are particularly important for US monetary policy, are expected on Wednesday, price signals from the United States provided relief. Producer prices for July did not rise quite as sharply as expected.

ASIA: - WEAKENING - Investors on Asia's major stock markets held back on Wednesday ahead of important US inflation data. Initially, hopes that key interest rates would soon fall and that Wall Street would therefore be strong provided a tailwind for Japan's leading index, the Nikkei 225, but it gave up its gains in the course of trading. Most recently, it traded slightly in the red. The Hang Seng Index of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the CSI 300 with the 300 most important shares in mainland China each fell by around half a percent.

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DAX 17812.05 0.48%

XDAX 17859.36 0.81%

EuroSTOXX 50 4694.92 0.49%

Stoxx50 4371.09 0.62%

DJIA 39765.64 1.04%

S&P 500 5434.43 1.68%

NASDAQ 100 19006.43 2.50%

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BONDS / FOREIGN EXCHANGE / CRUDE OIL

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YIELDS:

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Bund future 35.03 0.05%

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DEVISES:

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Euro/USD 1.0994 0.01%

USD/Yen 146.79 -0.03%

Euro/Yen 161.39 -0.02%

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CRUDE OIL:

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Brent 81.14 +0.45 USD

WTI 78.85 +0.50 USD

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