Given the light trading as a result of investor holidays, the German bourse closed early at 2 pm local time on December 30, its last trading day of 2025.Germany's DAX index closed the day up 139 points or 0.6% at 24,490. It surged by 4,581 points or 23% throughout the year, marking the largest rise since 2019 and an outperformance over the US Dow Jones.