30 pm, a minimal drop from the previous trading day. The top performers on the stock list were Rheinmetall, Adidas, and BASF, while the Munich Re, Siemens Energy, and Merck ended the list.
“The waiting game is moving into the next round, and so the Dax’s top performers change again on Thursday” said market expert Andreas Lipkow. Until the ECB’s press conference, there will be little change in the overall market sentiment, and the dynamics will tend to slow down. “With a price level of 20,400 points, it seems that market participants are only arranging themselves for the time being.”
The European common currency was slightly stronger on Thursday morning: one euro cost $1.0499, and one dollar was worth $0.9525 euros.
Meanwhile, the oil price had a slight decline: a barrel of the North Sea’s Brent type cost $73.46 by 12 pm German time, which was 6 cents or 0.1% less than the previous trading day’s close.