The Dax DE0008469008 remains on a zigzag course not far from its record.

Barely an hour before trading began on Tuesday, the X-Dax DE000A0C4CA0 signaled a loss of 0.5 percent to 24,196 points for the German leading index. The Eurozone leading index, the EuroStoxx 50 EU0009658145, is also expected to close slightly lower.

At the start of the week, the DAX had already temporarily corrected to 24,191 points, after rising to nearly 24,500 points on Friday. The recent record of 24,639 points remains within sight, but investors are apparently currently shying away from larger bets ahead of the upcoming reporting season.

In addition, the August 1 deadline in the tariff dispute with the United States is fast approaching. If negotiations between the European Union (EU) and the US fail to produce a result by then, US President Donald Trump intends to impose import duties of 30 percent, to which the EU will respond with counter-tariffs.

On the US stock market, the broad-based S&P 500 US78378X1072 and the Nasdaq indices US6311011026XC0009694271 reached further records, but already during European trading. Ultimately, they were unable to fully maintain their highs.

In Germany, the focus is on Sartorius DE0007165631, among others. The new CEO of the laboratory and pharmaceutical supplier sees the company on track after an expected second quarter and confirmed the forecast. This provided relief for investors: The shares traded 3.6 percent higher on the Tradegate trading platform than Monday's Xetra closing price.

However, inverter manufacturer SMA Solar DE000A0DJ6J9 missed experts' expectations in the second quarter. Its operating loss was significantly higher than feared. The deviation was due to inventory write-downs in the Home & Business Solutions segment. Shares plummeted by a good eight percent on Tradegate.

Shares of chip manufacturer Infineon (DE0006231004) fell by more than two percent on Tradegate. The business figures of competitor NXP (NL0009538784) were not well received.