Dax current: Dax is trading in the plus – Aixtron shares are rising

Dusseldorf. At the end of the week, the Dax starts trading higher. The leading German index was up 0.8 percent at 25,595 points on Friday morning.

On Thursday it closed 0.3 percent higher at 25,382 points. The US stock exchanges ended trading inconsistently. While investors sold technology stocks, they bought into healthcare and consumer stocks that were considered defensive.

On Friday, investors will look to the euro zone's final inflation data for September. According to preliminary figures, the inflation rate reached 3.8 percent, its highest level in three years. In August it was still 3.2 percent. The European Central Bank (ECB) has already responded to the sharp rise in prices fueled by the oil price shock caused by the Iran war with two interest rate hikes this year.

The financial markets are expecting the ECB to raise interest rates again this year - possibly in December, after a break in interest rates at the meeting at the end of October.

The head of the US Federal Reserve (Fed), Kevin Warsh, is keeping a low profile ahead of the upcoming meeting at the end of October. He is not anticipating interest rate decisions, Warsh said on Friday at the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in Bangkok.