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GERMANY: - STABLE EXPECTED - After a weaker start to the week, little is likely to happen on the DAX on Tuesday. Broker IG put the leading German index at 18,588 points on Monday morning, almost unchanged around two and a half hours before the Xetra start. Despite further records in the Dow Jones Industrial and S&P 500, there is no fresh momentum from Wall Street. The day's highs here coincided with the end of European trading and the gains then melted away noticeably.

USA: - DOW CONTINUES RECORD HUNT - Investors on the US stock market celebrated new records on Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial benchmark index went one better after Friday's record high. In the end, it maintained a plus of 0.53 percent to 40,211.72 points. The situation was similar for the broad market S&P 500, which closed 0.28% firmer at 5,631.22 points. In contrast, the technology-heavy Nasdaq 100 remained below the high it reached a few days ago. It gained 0.27 percent to 20,387.88 points.

ASIA: - UNIFORM - The most important stock markets in Asia did not follow a uniform direction on Tuesday either. After the previous day's holiday break, Japan's leading index, the Nikkei 225, last rose by 0.2 percent in Tokyo. The CSI 300, which includes the most important stocks on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges, also gained 0.2 percent. In Hong Kong, however, the Hang Seng Index lost around 1.4 percent.

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DAX 18590.89 -0.84%

XDAX 18563.86 -0.82%

EuroSTOXX 50 4983.11 -1.19%

Stoxx50 4526.91 -1.11%

DJIA 40211.72 0.53%

S&P 500 5631.22 0.28%

NASDAQ 100 20386.88 0.27%°

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BONDS / FOREIGN EXCHANGE / CRUDE OIL

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YIELDS:

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Bund future 132.01 0.11%°

DEVISES:

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Euro/USD 1.0892 -0.02

USD/Yen 158.70 0.37

Euro/Yen 172.85 0.36

CRUDE OIL:

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Brent 84.62 -0.23 USD

WTI 81.63 -0.28 USD°

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