After the weak previous day in the wake of disappointment over the customs agreement between the European Union (EU) and the USA, the Dax DE0008469008 is likely to find it difficult to make a significant recovery at first.

The target on Tuesday is the round mark of 24,000 points.

The X-Dax DE000A0C4CA0 signaled the German leading index up 0.4 percent to 24,063 points about an hour before the start of trading. The 50-day moving average, an indicator of the medium-term trend, is currently slightly below this level. The Eurozone's leading index, the EuroStoxx 50 EU0009658145, also showed a positive start.

On the New York stock market, investors reacted cautiously to the trade agreement between the EU and the US the previous day. In Asia, prices largely declined on Tuesday.

With regard to the tariff deal, it should be emphasized that "uncertainty and concerns about an escalation in the trade conflict have been eliminated," wrote the experts at Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen (Helaba). However, negative factors remain and will have an impact in the coming months. Price-increasing and production-dampening effects are to be expected in the USA and the European Union, respectively.

Investors in Germany are having to process a number of corporate news items, both positive and negative. Semiconductor supplier Suss DE000A1K0235, for example, is more pessimistic about its profitability for the current year. One-off effects in the form of start-up costs for the production of the UV projection scanner in Taiwan and inventory write-downs related to a discontinued project had a significant impact on gross profit. As a result, the shares traded on the Tradegate trading platform eleven percent below Monday's Xetra closing price.

Chip supplier Siltronic DE000WAF3001 is more cautious about its sales development in 2025 due to a lack of a significant recovery in demand. However, the company performed better in the second quarter than analysts expected, most recently posting an increase of almost two percent.

The online pharmacy Redcare Pharmacy NL0012044747 (Shop Apotheke) surprisingly earned more operating profit in the second quarter than a year ago. As a result, its shares on Tradegate rose by a good four percent.

Despite the challenging environment in the US, software provider Teamviewer DE000A2YN900 performed particularly well in the second quarter, particularly in terms of profitability. Investors rewarded this with an increase of almost eight percent on Tradegate.

Outside of the reporting season, shares of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen (Heidelberg) DE0007314007 rose by more than eight percent on Tradegate. The mechanical engineering company is entering the defense industry business as part of a strategic partnership with Vincorion Advanced Systems.