Accelerating Growth Bullish For German Stock Index

 | Dec 01, 2017 08:39AM ET

Accelerating manufacturing sector expansion and inflation is bullish for German stock market. Will DE 30 continue rallying?

Eurozone November inflation edged up to 1.5% from 1.4% in October. While the reading missed the 1.6% forecast, the jobless rate slid to 8.8% in October, the lowest in almost nine years. And economic sentiment continued to improve in November, with eurozone economic sentiment index hitting the highest level since October 2000. Against this background, German jobless claims dropped by more than expected in November while the unemployment rate stayed at a record low 5.6%. And the German inflation gain to 1.8% from 1.6% in October was better than expected, with manufacturing sector expansion accelerating in November as evidenced by Markit Manufacturing PMI’s jump to 62.5 from 60.6 in October. Improving eurozone and German economic performance are bullish for German stock index DE 30.