FRANKFURT (DEUTSCHE-BOERSE AG) – The “little guys” are back: After a long dry spell, small caps are once again posting high gains this year – including many scale companies. Examples include Pfisterer, 2G, JDC, and “Germany’s craziest hotel chain,” Tin Inn.
August 18, 2025. FRANKFURT (Frankfurt Stock Exchange). Things are going well for the scale segment. On Monday morning, the Scale All-Share Index stood at 1,350 points, once again above the previous month’s figure. Since the beginning of the year, it has now risen by 21 percent, in line with the DAX and MDAX. Only the SDAX is performing even better, with a gain of 23 percent.
One reason for the positive development is the rise in Steyr Motors (AT0000A3FW25) shares, driven by the boom in defense spending. At the end of July, Steyr reported a 17.1 percent increase in sales for the first half of the year and a significant year-on-year increase in orders received. The company…
