FRANKFURT (dpa-AFX Broker) - The shares of Rational were able to target the round 700 euro mark again on Thursday. On Tradegate, the shares rose by a peak of 4.5 percent to 695 euros. At the end of last year, they had failed several times at the 700 euro hurdle, and profit-taking set in at the beginning of the new year.

According to the commercial kitchen equipment supplier, turnover and operating earnings (EBIT) for 2023 exceeded its own forecasts. Both figures are also above market expectations./bek/mis