FRANKFURT (dpa-AFX) - Nervousness on the German stock market continued to subside in early trading. On Wednesday, ongoing recovery in gold and silver prices helped calm investors, after last week's sharp correction in precious metals had weighed on equity markets.
The benchmark DAX index rose by 0.2 percent to 24,835 points. The psychologically important 25,000-point mark, which was briefly surpassed on Tuesday, remains a major hurdle for the market barometer.
The MDAX of mid-cap stocks was little changed on Wednesday, standing at 31,558 points. The Eurozone blue-chip index EuroStoxx 50 gained 0.3 percent./la/mis
