FRANKFURT (dpa-AFX) - After Friday's setback, the stock market traffic light on the German stock market jumped back to green at the start of the last full week before Christmas. The DAX rose 0.4 percent to 24,290 points in the first few minutes of trading, confirming its upward trend of the past three weeks. Downward, all eyes remain on the 24,000-point mark, while upward, the focus is on October's record of 24,771 points.
The MDAX index of medium-sized stocks gained 0.2 percent to 30,009 points on Monday morning. The EuroStoxx 50 advanced 0.3 percent to 5,738 points and is also heading back toward its record high. The Eurozone's leading index had reached this level in mid-November at 5,818 points./edh/nas
