DAX rises after strong US cues - Chip stocks in rally mode - Siltronic benefits from Deutsche Bank upgrade - Rheinmetall with another major order from the British Army - PUMA under pressure after weak Q2 results - Schaeffler plummets double digits after outlook downgrade - Microsoft soars after strong numbers - Amazon gains double digits thanks to AWS revenue jump!

The DAX can report significant gains on the last trading day of the week, thanks to positive cues from the USA and better-than-expected earnings from tech giants like Amazon. After an initially positive market opening, the DAX was able to expand its gains during the trading session and presents itself at noon with a notable increase of +0.8%. The top winners mainly include heavyweight stocks from the chip and semiconductor sector, following Amazon's announcement the night before of further multi-billion investments in the expansion of cloud and...