{"id":70686,"date":"2026-03-05T10:02:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T10:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/03\/05\/dax-up-slightly-deutsche-post-merck-down-on-weak-updates\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T10:02:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T10:02:31","slug":"dax-up-slightly-deutsche-post-merck-down-on-weak-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/03\/05\/dax-up-slightly-deutsche-post-merck-down-on-weak-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"DAX Up Slightly; Deutsche Post, Merck Down On Weak Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div><p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"ctl00_CPI_dvBody\">\n<p> German stocks are turning in a mixed performance in cautious trading Thursday morning as investors continue to closely follow the updates about the Middle East conflict. <\/p>\n<p>Oil&#8217;s upmove after the United States submarine sank an Iranian warship off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, has raised inflation concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Investors are awaiting the inflation data for the euro area, and ECB President Christine Lagarde&#8217;s speech.<\/p>\n<p>The DAX was up 15.55 points or 0.06% at  24,231.81 a little while ago.<\/p>\n<p>Symrise is gaining about 2.1%. Heidelberg Materials, MTU Aero Engines and Infineon Technologies are up 1.6%, 1.3% and 1.2%, respectively. Adidas and Deutsche Telekom are gaining 1.1% and 1%, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>BASF, Fresenius Medical Care, E.ON, Deutsche Bank, BMW, SAP, Gea Group, RWE and Bayer are up with moderate gains.<\/p>\n<p>Qiagen is declining by nearly 3%. Fresenius and Siemens Healthineers are down 2.6% and 2.2%, respectively. Continental is down 1.7%, while Merck is down with a loss of 1.25%, weighed down by disappointing earnings guidance.<\/p>\n<p>Deutsche Post is down 3.3% after reporting lower FY25 attributable net profit.<\/p>\n<p>Defense specialist RENK Group is down more than 2% despite the company achieving annual targets with new record revenue and order backlog.<\/p>\n<p>In economic news, data from S&amp;P Global showed the HCOB Germany Construction PMI fell to 43.7 in February 2026 from 44.7 in January, signaling a further contraction at the start of the year. <\/p>\n<p>Construction PMI In the Euro Area increased to 46 points in February from 45.30 points in January of 2026, data from S&amp;P Global showed. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Market Analysis<\/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 Up Slightly; Deutsche Post, Merck Down On Weak Updates<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2026-03-05 10:02:31<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German stocks are turning in a mixed performance in cautious trading Thursday morning as investors continue to closely follow the updates about the Middle East conflict. 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