UZIN UTZ share and the financial markets in 2024

The UZIN UTZ share can look back on a very successful performance in 2024, making up for the losses of the previous year. Despite the very weak construction industry in Germany, the share price gained almost 9% in the reporting period. Demand for the share picked up noticeably right at the start of the year, leading to significant price gains of up to EUR 50.00 in the first few weeks of trading. Tailwinds came from the positive mood on the stock markets, which were driven by the prospect of falling interest rates in the eurozone and the USA. However, technological innovations in the field of artificial intelligence and in particular their growth expectations also led to strong price gains for technology stocks. Although temporary profit-taking on the UZIN UTZ share reduced the price to EUR 45.00 in February, it was unable to halt the sustained upward trend. Convincing business figures underpinned the positive trend and helped the share to reach new highs. The share then climbed to its high for the year of EUR 54.00 by the middle of the year, but subsequently fell back from this level.

After the record run on the stock markets in the first seven months, the long-awaited correction finally followed in August, which also left its mark on the UZIN UTZ share. The share price fell again to a low of EUR 46.00. Fears of recession, worries about the escalation in the Middle East and burst currency speculation around the yen had caused a worldwide stock market tremor. However, thanks to continued hopes of interest rate cuts, a robust US economy and signs of recovery in the European economy, the markets quickly recovered from the slump. Despite the weak domestic construction industry, Uzin Utz SE also proved its resilience and quickly made up for previous losses. Although the share price was no longer able to reach the highs already achieved, it managed to jump above the important EUR 50.00 mark again in the further course of the year. In an environment of geopolitical uncertainties, the presidential election in the USA and the central bank policy of the major central banks, the UZIN UTZ share sometimes reacted volatilely in the second half of the year. On the other hand, the break-up of the German coalition and the government crisis in France only briefly caused movement on the stock markets. In this mixed situation, the share price was able to hold its own against the negative trend in small and mid-cap shares, which lagged behind the brilliant development of the blue chips in the DAX.

Against the backdrop of hawkish tones from the US Federal Reserve, yields on the bond markets rose sharply at the end of the year and reached new eight-month highs. As a beneficiary of the geopolitical crises, the price of gold climbed to a record USD 2,790.00 over the course of the year, closing at USD 2,624.50, an impressive gain of over 27%. The European single currency suffered from the resurgent US dollar and lost more than 6% over the year to USD 1.0354. Against the backdrop of US President-elect Donald Trump's plans, cryptocurrencies increasingly became the focus of investor attention. Bitcoin responded with strong price gains, reaching a new high of USD 108,315.00 in December and ending the year with an impressive gain of more than 120% in 2024. In terms of the performance of the leading stock market barometers, the DAX in Germany was well ahead of the small and mid-cap benchmarks with a gain of almost 19%. The SDAX lost 1.8%, while the MDAX fell by as much as 5.7%. With a gain of 2.4%, the TecDAX was also unable to come close to the success of the US technology indices, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite, which clearly outperformed the rest of the market with gains of 23% and 28.6% respectively. After a volatile share price performance in the last quarter, the UZIN UTZ share then also achieved a very successful year-end closing price of EUR 48.60.

Start of the year and outlook for 2025

The stock markets experienced a brilliant start to 2025. After a bumpy start to the year, the indices significantly extended their gains over the course of the month, which also meant new all-time highs for the DAX, TecDAX and S&P 500. A weaker rise in the US core inflation rate revived hopes of an interest rate cut, which had recently faded. In addition, an extremely encouraging start to the US reporting season and better-than-expected Chinese GDP data led to follow-on buying. In Europe, too, increased hopes of a "milder" US trade policy gave the stock markets a tailwind. Despite persistently weak German economic data, the DAX climbed above the 21,000-point mark for the first time in its history, reaching a new record high of 21,800.52 points. However, the TecDAX and the S&P 500 Index also reached new highs. After a temporary slump in the price of AI stocks, the stock market barometers continued their upward trend unhindered. The AI model Deepseek from a Chinese start-up had caused a stir and led to temporary sharp price losses for AI heavyweights such as Nvidia and Broadcom. The inauguration of the new US President Donald Trump on January 20, 2025 was also in the spotlight. Bitcoin benefited from Trump's promising cryptocurrency plans and reached a new high of USD 109,241 on this very day. With gains of more than 9%, the DAX and TecDAX clearly took the lead among the stock market barometers. For the leading German index, it was even the fourth-best start to the year in the last 25 years.

UZIN UTZ share - start to the new year

The UZIN UTZ share made a successful start to the new stock market year 2025. In a friendly stock market environment, the share price rose noticeably, recapturing the EUR 50.00 mark and climbing to EUR 51.00 in January. After the almost five percent short-term increase in the first few weeks, investors initially took profits, causing the share price to fall again at the end of January. The positive trend in the development of the UZIN UTZ share continued in February. At the beginning of March, the increase since the beginning of the year amounted to over 22%, partly due to the good preliminary business figures. Overall, the share price peaked at EUR 61.00 in mid-March, its highest level for a good two years. In today's rather weak market environment, profits were then taken, with turnover returning to a normal level at the beginning of March from the above-average levels at the end of February.

Outlook for the financial markets in 2025

After the above-average performance of most stock markets in 2024, growth rates are expected to come back from their highs in 2025. Although geopolitical risks remain, analysts expect moderate growth to continue in 2025. Concerns about increasingly protectionist policies, particularly on the part of the USA and China, could lead to a slowdown in the global economy. In Germany, the new elections held in February could provide fresh impetus. However, forecasts for the construction industry remain cautious. The Federation of the German Construction Industry is again forecasting a decline in turnover in 2025, this time by 1.4%.

The brilliant start to the year on the stock markets has already reached or rendered obsolete some of the forecasts for the DAX for the current year. From 20,000 points by LBBW to 20,500 by Deutsche Bank and Helaba, most observers have become a little more optimistic and are calling for DAX values of 22,000 points and more by the end of the year. Carmignac has changed from the most pessimistic institute to the most optimistic and sees the Dax rising to 23,000 points. On average, this results in an increase forecast of 7% for 2025, slightly more than the just over 2% expected for 2024. For the S&P 500 Index, the experts expect an average increase in value of 15% to just over 6,700 points. According to the financial market professionals, the Nasdaq 100 will gain an average of 7% to 22,500 points.