After an eventful week on the stock market and a significant setback the day before, the DAX made another attempt to stabilize on Friday. In early trading on Friday, the leading German index was up 0.1 percent at 14,747 points. There were encouraging signals from the USA, where the quarterly reports from the online retailer Amazon and the chip company Intel were well received on the market and both stocks rose sharply after trading.

The MDax of medium-sized companies was virtually standing still at 23,804 points. The Eurozone leading index EuroStoxx 50 rose by 0.3 percent.