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Truck Traffic Drops Slightly on German Autobahns in April
Mileage for mandatory toll-paying heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) with a minimum of four axles traveling on federal autobahns…
Employee Sick Leave Falls Slightly Despite Winter Chill First Quarter Numbers
Despite a cold wave at the beginning of the year, the rate of sick leave among employees saw…
Abortion Rates Dip Slightly in 2025 Germany Reports 106 Thousand Procedures
In 2025, 106,000 abortions were reported in Germany. According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), this represents a…
Dax Drops Slightly SAP Stocks Capture Attention
As the week concluded, the Dax experienced a slight decline. At the close of Xetra trading, the index…
German Market Gains While Euro Slips Slightly
The German market index, the Dax, showed a slight uptick on Thursday afternoon after a subdued start to…
Dax Dips Slightly Amid Peace Talks Hopes
The DAX saw a slight increase on Wednesday, closing at 24,067 points, marking a gain of 0.1 percent…
German Corporate Job Cuts Slow Down Slightly in March
The reduction of jobs by German firms slowed a little in March. “Companies are less likely to cut…
DAX Slides Slightly as Brenntag Shares Drive Demand
On Tuesday the DAX slipped slightly, closing at 22,637 points as of the Xetra market close-down 0.1 % from…
US Stock Markets Slightly Decline as Oil Prices Plunge
The U.S. stock markets eased slightly on Tuesday. At the close in New York, the Dow reported 47,707 points,…
DAX Cuts Losses Slightly As Pessimism Persists
The German DAX continued to fall throughout the morning after a very weak start, but the losses narrowed…
DAX Slips Slightly Amid Middle East Tensions Investors Stay Calm
30 p..m., which was roughly 1.9 % below the previous day’s close. The top performers were Deutsche Börse, Rheinmetall, and…
DAX Increments Slightly Higher As Market Remains Modestly Optimistic
The DAX moved modestly into positive territory by mid‑afternoon after a very cautious start to the trading day.…
DAX Opens Slightly Lower Despite Nvidia’s Strong Numbers
The DAX opened the trading day on Thursday with a modest decline. By about 9:30 a.m., the index…
Germany Employment Slightly Down in Q4 2025 With 46.1 Million Working Individuals
Around 46.1 million people were employed in Germany in the fourth quarter of 2025. According to provisional data from…
German Economic Outlook Slips Slightly in Feb 2026 ZEW Survey
The ZEW economic expectations survey for Germany showed a slight decline in February 2026. The index fell to…
German Housing Market Climate Slightly Improves at Start of Year
The mood in Germany’s residential construction sector has edged up at the beginning of the year. In January,…
Gasoline Prices Keep Rising While Diesel Slightly Cheaper for Truck Drivers
Fuel prices for gasoline drivers have edged up again compared with last week, while diesel buyers are currently…
Auto Industry Business Climate Improves Slightly in January Ifo Survey
The business climate in Germany’s automotive sector, measured by the Munich Ifo Institute, ticked up slightly in January,…
DAX Opens Slightly Lower as Political Risks Remain High
The German stock market opened on Wednesday with slight losses. By 9:30 a.m. local time, the DAX was…
Dax Slips Slightly As Zalando Shares Take a Tumble
On Tuesday the DAX slipped to 24,781 points at the close of Xetra trading, down 0.1 percent from the…
DAX Slides Back on Morning Gains as Euro Slightly Weakens
The DAX slipped most of the gains it had made in the first part of the trading day.…
Union and AfD Tied Again at Insa While CDU CSU and SPD Slightly Behind in Voter Favoritism
The poll, taken from January 30 to February 2 2026 among 2,006 eligible voters, shows a slight uptick for the Union…
German Chemical Industry Mood Improves Slightly in January
The sentiment of the German chemical industry saw a modest improvement in January. The Ifo Chemical Industry Index…
Employment Falls Slightly in December as German Workforce Shrinks by 5,000
In December 2025, about 45.9 million people who reside in Germany (domestic concept) were employed. According to provisional calculations from…
German Consumers Warm Up As Confidence Rises Slightly At New Year
Consumer confidence in Germany is easing slightly at the start of the year. Both the outlook for the…
Dax Starts Slightly Up as Trading Volume Declines
On Tuesday morning the German stock market opened in the green. By about 9:30 a.m. the DAX had settled…
DAX Stutters Up Slightly Amid Investor Concerns Over Market Conditions
The German DAX edged higher at the start of the week, closing the Xetra market at 24,933 points-a…
Dax Opens Slightly Down Post Christmas
German equities opened marginally lower on Monday, reflecting a subdued trading environment ahead of the holiday season. The…
Dax Opens Slightly Down Ahead of Fed Decision
Frankfurt’s DAX index opened marginally lower on Wednesday, registering at approximately 24,130 points – a 0.1% decline from…
Service Sector Sales Dip Slightly
Preliminary data released by Destatis, the Federal Statistical Office, reveals a nuanced and potentially concerning picture of Germany’s…
Gas Prices Dip Slightly
Recent weeks have seen a slight easing of pressure at the German fuel pump, with prices declining marginally.…
Dax Climbs Slightly Investors Hesitant
The German DAX index commenced Tuesday’s trading session with marginal gains, signaling a fragile recovery amidst persistent underlying…
Dax Rebounds Slightly Amid Red Zone
European markets demonstrated fragility on Friday, with the Dax index experiencing a partial recovery following a sluggish start…
US Unemployment Rises Slightly
The U.S. unemployment rate edged up to 4.4% in September, according to data released Thursday by the Department…
Wholesale Prices Ease Slightly
Data released this week by Destatis, Germany’s Federal Statistical Office, reveal a concerning upward trend in wholesale prices,…
Job Numbers Dip Slightly
Recent data released by the German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) paints a concerning picture of the nation’s labor…
Dax Retreats Slightly Market Edges Back
The German stock market benchmark, the DAX, experienced a subdued trading session on Thursday, retreating from a mildly…
Inflation Eases Slightly in Germany
Economic Slowdown Masks Underlying Concerns in Germany Preliminary data released Thursday by the Federal Statistical Office indicates a…
German Savings Slip Slightly
Germany’s household savings rate has continued its downward trend in the first half of this year, signaling a…
Dax Opens Slightly Down Investors Eye SAP
The German stock market opened Wednesday with a slight dip, the DAX index registering at approximately 24,295 points…
Factory Orders Dip Slightly
Germany’s industrial sector is signaling deepening concerns as preliminary data released by Destatis reveals a concerning downturn in…
Retail Sales Edge Down Slightly
Preliminary data released by the German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reveals nuanced shifts in retail sales during August…
Dax Opens Slightly Higher
30 am, representing a 0..1 percent increase compared to the previous day’s closing value. Insurance companies saw particularly…
German Electronics Sales Dip Slightly
Germany’s consumer electronics market is stabilizing at a level slightly below its pandemic peak, according to a new…
Import Prices Fall Slightly Year-Over-Year
Import prices in Germany decreased by 1.4 percent in July 2025 compared to July 2024, according to data…
German Business Confidence Slightly Rises
Recent data indicates a slight improvement in German business sentiment. The ifo Business Climate Index rose to 89.0…
Construction Orders Fall Slightly in June
New data released Monday indicates a complex picture for Germany’s construction sector in June 2025. While overall new…
German DAX Rebounds Slightly Amid Caution
Equities on the DAX index experienced a muted trading day Friday, shifting into positive territory by midday after…
German Trade Hopes Lift Shares Slightly
European markets experienced modest gains on Thursday, with the DAX closing at 24,293 points, a rise of 0.1…
Factory Prices Fall Slightly In July
German producer prices for industrial products decreased by 1.5 percent in July 2025 compared to the same month…
German Exports Dip Slightly in First Half of 2025
Germany’s exports totaled €786.0 billion in the first half of 2025, a decrease of 0.1 percent compared to…
Farm Prices Dip Slightly Year-Over-Year
German producer prices for agricultural products decreased by 1.1 percent in June 2025 compared to June 2024, according…
Wholesale Prices Rise Slightly Year-Over-Year
Wholesale prices in Germany increased by 0.5 percent in July 2024 compared to the same month last year,…
Diesel Prices Fall Slightly Benzine Dips Too
Diesel prices across Germany have fallen to their lowest level in over two months, offering some relief to…
Gas Prices Ease Slightly
Fuel prices in Germany experienced a slight decrease at the end of July, according to the latest analysis…
Germany’s GDP Falls Slightly
Germany’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) experienced a slight contraction in the second quarter of 2025, decreasing by 0.1…
Industry Orders Rise Slightly
Germany’s manufacturing sector saw a modest increase in order backlogs during May 2025, according to preliminary data released…
German Insolvencies Ease Slightly
A slight decrease in corporate and partnership insolvencies was recorded in Germany during June, according to data released…
Dax Opens Slightly Higher
The German DAX index opened Tuesday’s trading session with modest gains. By 9:30 AM local time, the benchmark…
US Jobless Rate Drops Slightly
The U.S. unemployment rate edged down to 4.1% in June, according to data released Thursday by the Labor…
Producer Prices in May Slightly Decreased
Manufacturers’ prices for industrial goods in May 2025 were 1.2 percent lower than in May 2024, according to…
Cyclists in Germany Pedal to a Slightly Happier Place
Berlin, Germany – A recent survey by the Allgemeiner Deutscher Fahrrad-Club (ADFC) has revealed a slight improvement in…
Gas Storage Levy to Drop Slightly Starting July 2025
The Gas Storage Charge will be slightly reduced. Starting from July 1st, 2025, the charge will decrease to…
EU Economic Forecast Slightly Revised Downwards for 2025 and 2026
The European Commission has lowered its economic forecast for this year. In the current spring forecast, it is…
Construction Sector’s Mood Improves Slightly Amid Uncertainty and Order Challenges
The sentiment of companies in the housing construction sector has slightly improved in April, according to the Ifo…
Job Cuts Slow Down Slightly in Germany, but Uncertainty Lingers
German companies continue to reduce jobs, albeit at a slower rate than in the previous month. The employment…
RWE’s Dax Slips Slightly Behind, But Can a Rebound be in the Cards?
The Dax index closed slightly lower at the weekly end, with a 0..1% decline to 20,406 points at…