German stocks recorded a record where trade optimism is recycling in the markets

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The DAX index in Germany has risen to the highest level in the record on Friday, with the investor optimism on American commercial deals global markets, and became the first main European standard to recover the losses raised by the Donald Trump’s introductory threats.

The index was 0.7 percent higher in the morning trading, after announcing Thursday about a trade deal for the United States of America on Thursday, followed by an invitation between Trump and the new German advisor, Friedrich Mirz, in which they agreed to the need to quickly resolve commercial conflicts.

DAX’s return to the highest levels ever reflects the wave of enthusiasm German stocks Earlier in the year, Mirz plans to increase borrowing and inject hundreds of billions into the country’s military and infrastructure.

Emmanuel Kao, head of the European stock strategy in Barclays, said commercial news had given a wide boost to stock markets. However, he added that “there is an additional degree of excitement in Germany as part of this biological narration and the arrival of the new government.” “There is more and more attention to Germany.”

European stocks outperformed their peers in Wall Street this year due to optimism about defensive spending along with increasing concerns about the influence of the American economy of Trump’s trade war.

DAX has increased approximately 18 percent years so far. Although American stocks have also regained their losses since the “Tahrir Day” tariff ads in Trump in early April, the S&P 500 is still much lower than its highest level ever in February, and decreased by 4 percent so far in 2025.

This is partially a gap in the evaluation between us and the European stocks that have expanded in recent years due to an uncompromising gathering in American technology shares.