After a very weak start to August, the Dax initially did not lose further on Friday morning. The leading German index rose by 0.1 percent to 15,910 points at the start of trading. The MDax for medium-sized companies fell 0.3 percent to 27,847 points on Friday. In the afternoon, the US labor market data for July will be an important signal for the development of inflation and thus the monetary policy of the US central bank.