{"id":62342,"date":"2025-07-25T10:32:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T10:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/07\/25\/dax-drifts-lower-as-investors-await-progress-on-trade-front\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T10:32:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T10:32:13","slug":"dax-drifts-lower-as-investors-await-progress-on-trade-front","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/07\/25\/dax-drifts-lower-as-investors-await-progress-on-trade-front\/","title":{"rendered":"DAX Drifts Lower As Investors Await Progress On Trade Front"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"ctl00_CPI_dvBody\">\n<p> German stocks are notably lower on Friday as investors react to a slew of corporate earnings announcements, and closely follow the developments on the trade front. <\/p>\n<p>European Union officials are voicing optimism about a possible trade deal with the United States, but U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s position is seen to have hardened ahead of the August 1 deadline.<\/p>\n<p>The member states adopted on Thursday the list of countermeasures targeting \u20ac93 billions&#8217; worth of U.S. products that will come into effect on August 7 in case the talks fail. <\/p>\n<p>The benchmark DAX was down 159.97 points or 0.65% at 24,147.05 a little while ago.<\/p>\n<p>Deutsche Boerse and MTU Aero Engines both are down by about 1.7%. Deutsche Bank, Sartorius, Vonovia, Fresenius Medical Care, Adidas, Hannover Rueck and Rheinmetall are down 1 to 1.5%.<\/p>\n<p>Allianz, Siemens Energy, Henkel, Deutsche Telekom, Merck, SAP and Fresenius are moderately lower.<\/p>\n<p>Volkswagen is gaining about 3.25% despite reporting a sharp drop in second-quarter profit and lowering its 2025 financial forecast.<\/p>\n<p>Mercedes-Benz, Porsche Automobil Holding, BMW and Porsche are up 2 to 2.2%. Daimler Truck Holding is advancing nearly 1%.<\/p>\n<p>Brenntag, Bayer, BASF and Beiersdorf are up with modest gains.<\/p>\n<p>In economic news, the Ifo Business Climate Index for Germany edged up to 88.6 in July, from 88.4 in June, marking the highest reading since May 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The report from the Ifo Institute also showed the current assessments index came in with a score of 86.5 for July, compared to 86.2 in June. The <span class=\"landLinks\">business<\/span> expectations index came in at 90.7 for July, up from 90.6 a month earlier. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n        window.fbAsyncInit = function () {\n            FB.init({\n                status: true,\n                cookie: true,\n                xfbml: true\n            });\n        };\n        (function (d) {\n            var js, id = 'facebook-jssdk'; if (d.getElementById(id)) { return; }\n            js = d.createElement('script'); js.id = id; js.async = true;\n            js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js\";\n            d.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(js);\n        }(document));\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>DAX Drifts Lower As Investors Await Progress On Trade Front<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2025-07-25 10:32:13<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German stocks are notably lower on Friday as investors react to a slew of corporate earnings announcements, and closely follow the developments on the trade front. European Union officials are&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-euro-markets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/62343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}