It seems to be the days of short sellers and investors securing their profits for the first time in a long time. The DAX is now falling for the fourth day in a row and the gate to further lows may have only just been opened. The incumbent US president is more determined than ever to put his announcements into practice and rules with carrots and sticks. What is said today can be forgotten tomorrow or intensified. The market sees itself at the mercy of the almost sheer arbitrariness of Trump's mind games, which are sometimes more or less put into practice and then relativized again. On Monday, the DAX initially continued its downward spiral, which put pressure on some of the German securities. The automotive shares of Porsche and Volkswagen sat down at the bottom of the DAX stocks, losing 4.05 percent and 3.51 percent, respectively. Whether these are already the harbingers of what may come on April 2, 2025, no one can really predict at the moment, but it would not be a surprise if the 25 percent tariff surcharges for exports to the USA are actually realized. The Europeans seem to be facing a real trade war.
Great Britain also in the clutches of the Trump administration
The British FTSE 100, on the other hand, was able to hold steady at the start of the week. In the trading session in the morning, the index was sold off sharply before buyers came into the market in the afternoon and pushed the index back up. The opening price was almost reached again. Consequently, technical analysts may interpret price information that can cause the price to rise. The British stock index also seems to have more stability on a weekly basis and, after weeks of corrective behaviour, the time may have gradually come for British equities to look for a way up again. But in the UK, too, it will ultimately depend on how the US government enters into negotiations with Great Britain in order to avert greater economic damage.
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