Dusseldorf The German stock market starts the new week with significant gains: On Monday morning, the leading index Dax was 1.2 percent higher at 14,4783 points – driven by the economically sensitive chemical groups BASF, Covestro and Bayer, whose shares increased by between around two and more than three percent.

Overall, however, the Dax remains in its recent sideways movement. Since March 16, i.e. for almost two weeks, the Frankfurt stock exchange barometer has been in a trading range of around 400 points between the marks of 14,110 points on the bottom and 14,539 points on the top.