DAX 
On Wednesday, it closed one and a half percent firmer at 17,615.15 points. Stock markets in Europe continued their recovery after economic fears at the start of the week caused share prices around the world to plummet.
All eyes are now on the next economic data to gain more clarity on the outlook for the economy. On Thursday, stock market participants will be waiting for the weekly data on initial jobless claims in the US. Surprisingly slow job creation and rising unemployment in July have recently fueled fears of a slump in the world's largest economy. Now it remains to be seen whether applications will also fall to 240,000 from the previous 249,000, as expected by experts.
Among the companies presenting figures are Rheinmetall AG and Munich Re. Deutsche Telekom again increased sales and profits in the second quarter. Siemens achieved an increase in turnover in the spring.
Closing prices in Europe
Share indices and
-futures on Wednesday
Dax 17,615.15
Dax future 17,530.00
EuroStoxx50 4,668.06
EuroStoxx50 future 4,689.00
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Closing prices of the status Change in
US indices on Wednesday Percent
Dow Jones 38,763.45 -0.6%
Nasdaq 16,195.81 -1.0%
S&P 500 5,199.50 -0.8%
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Asian indices at 07:00 Change in
Thursday clock percent
Nikkei 34,915.17 -0.5%
Shanghai 2,880.61 +0.4%
Hang Seng 16,988.31 +0.7%
(Report by Zuzanna Szymanska. If you have any questions, please contact our editorial team at berlin.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com (for politics and the economy) or frankfurt.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com (for companies and markets).)
