The German stock market ended 2025 with a strong gain of 23 percent. This makes it the best DAX stock market year in six years. On the last day of trading, the most important German stock market barometer temporarily exceeded the 24,500 point mark and closed with a daily gain of 0.57 percent at 24,490.41 points. The index was therefore just below its all-time high in October.

In an international comparison, the German leading index was particularly strong – both the Eurozone index EuroStoxx and the US leading index Dow Jones Industrial were able to do so Dax don’t keep up. Thomas Altmann from the asset management company QC Partners described the stock market year as excellent, but also said that the momentum was mainly in the first half of the year. Of 34 record values ​​this year, 31 were achieved in the first half of the year.

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