DAX Benchmark Rises; Postbank Jumps After Commerzbank Expresses Interest

(Bloomberg) -- Germany's benchmark DAX Index rose
for the first time in six days, led by Deutsche Postbank AG after
Commerzbank AG said the rival would be an ``excellent addition.''
MAN AG and Henkel KGaA also gained.

The DAX added 120.36, or 1.5 percent, to 7921.36. DAX
futures expiring in September increased 1.5 percent to 7998 at
5:51 p.m. in Frankfurt. The HDAX Index of the country's 110
biggest companies climbed 1.6 percent.


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