FRANKFURT (AFX) - German shares AFX market data at 9.56 am
Major indices:
DAX 30 - 6,100.16, up 21.07 points or 0.35 pct
MDAX - 8,830.23, up 50.22 points or 0.57 pct
TecDAX - 742.83, up 3.94 points or 0.53 pct
DAX future - 6,123.00, up 3.50 points or 0.06 pct
Major risers:
-MAN, up 1.25 eur or 2.00 pct at 63.78, as consensus-beating first-quarter results and hiked estimates for the full-year heavy trucks market from Swedish peer Volvo AB boosted sentiment towards the stock
-Volkswagen, up 1.13 eur or 1.77 pct at 64.82, lifted by the strong numbers from Volvo today and by solid figures from French peer Renault last night
-ThyssenKrupp, up 0.44 eur or 1.63 pct at 27.41, as Citigroup hiked its price target on the stock by some 55 pct to 35 eur from 22.6 and reiterated its 'buy' recommendation
-Infineon, up 0.08 eur or 0.87 pct at 9.28, as Lehman Brothers upgraded its stance on the stock to 'overweight' from 'equal-weight' and hiked its price target to 12 eur from 8
-Deutsche Boerse, up 0.93 eur or 0.81 pct at 116.23
Major fallers:
-BASF, down 0.62 eur or 0.89 pct at 68.85
-Metro, down 0.25 eur or 0.55 pct at 45.12
-Hypo Real Estate, down 0.42 eur or 0.75 pct at 55.88
-SAP, down 0.45 eur or 0.25 pct at 176.27
-Fresenius Medical Care, down 0.21 eur or 0.22 pct at 94.83 niklas.magnusson@afxnews.com nm/lam COPYRIGHT Copyright AFX News Limited 2005. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of AFX News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of AFX News. AFX News and AFX Financial News Logo are registered trademarks of AFX News Limited