{
  "id": 7980324,
  "title": "Dax aktuell: Dax startet trotz US-Zinsentscheid und Zolldrohung im Plus",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/dax-aktuell-dax-startet-trotz-us-zinsentscheid-und-zolldrohung-im-plus",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-17T07:42:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/finanzen/maerkte/marktberichte/dax-aktuell-dax-startet-trotz-us-zinsentscheid-und-zolldrohung-im-plus/100255231.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "The German benchmark index Dax started the day in the plus, despite a threat from US President Donald Trump regarding US interest rates and a potential tax on EU goods. Dax opened at 0.6 percent higher at 25,682 points in trading. It had gained around half a percent to 25,537 the previous day. Trump warned reporters that if he considered the EU's move to make Canada an \"associated member\" of the European Union as a \"hostile act,\" he would impose high tariffs or cease trade with Europe in many areas. Investors are therefore looking at Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who is speaking at the European Parliament in Strasbourg in the morning. The driving force behind the rising prices was a drop in oil prices, and the prices continued to fall on Thursday. Brent oil for delivery in November, which is a North Sea grade, cost around $104 per barrel (159 liters) at the start of trading in Frankfurt, or 1.6 percent less. US Light oil WTI for delivery in October also eased by 1.3 percent to around $101. Both contracts had already fallen by about three dollars on Wednesday. Reports of alternative shipping routes for oil exports from Saudi Arabia had dampened fears about the extent of supply bottlenecks caused by the Iran war. Saudi Arabia plans to restore almost half of its pipeline capacity to the Red Sea, an alternative route to the Hormuz Strait, within a few days, according to Bloomberg financial news agency. Jochen Stanzl, chief market analyst at Consorsbank, warns of excessive optimism, however, as the falling price does not disguise that oil prices are still more than a fifth higher than a month ago, at over 100 dollars per barrel. The situation in the Middle East is like a powder keg: \"It takes only one news item to bring back the unrest and rising oil prices.\" US President Trump once again indicated an early end to the conflict on Wednesday, according to an Axios report, Trump plans to meet with the heads of state and government of the Gulf states on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday. It is also interesting that the US Federal Reserve's (Fed) interest rate decision on Wednesday could have an impact on the Dax. The Fed had raised the US benchmark interest rate for the first time in three years by 0.25 percentage points, so the decision should fully affect the Dax today. The central focus of investors is now on placing the rhetorical signals regarding the future interest rate line: Are market participants seeing the hike as a one-off step or as a start to more rate hikes later in the year? said Frank Sohlleder, analyst at ActivTrades. The Bank of England also has another interest rate decision coming up. However, unlike the ECB and the Fed, economists expect the Bank of England to keep the interest rate at 3.75 percent despite the recent high inflation. The dollar reached a seven-week high after the Fed's interest rate hike on Thursday, with the Dollar Index at 100.37 points at its highest level since late July. The Greenback has risen around 1.3 percent since the start of the week. Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh sounded more restrictive than expected, said Carol Kong, currency strategist at Commonwealth Bank of Australia. \"The fact that he gave hints about future rate hikes surprised the markets.\" This is driving the dollar higher. VDMA predicts its fourth consecutive year of decline Der deutsche Maschinen- und Anlagenbau scheint weiter zu schwächen. The industry association VDMA reduced its production forecast for 2026 to a minus of two percent. Up to now, the association had assumed stagnation. \"2026 will therefore likely be the fourth consecutive year of production decline,\" said VDMA chief economist Johannes Gernandt. This is due to the weak development in the current year. In the first seven months, production had fallen by 4.1 percent compared to the previous year. Capacity remained significantly underutilized. The anticipated turnaround for 2027 is fraught with significant risks, including high geopolitical uncertainty, the higher interest rate level, and the weak competitiveness of the German location.",
  "summary": "Nach der Zinserhöhung der Fed schauen Anleger heute auf die Bank of England. Ein weiter fallender Ölpreis treibt die Märkte an. Doch Analysten warnen vor voreiliger Euphorie.",
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