A high-tech train travelling at 125 mph crashed in north-western Germany today, killing at least 23 people in the first fatal accident involving the magnetic levitation system.

GERMANY’S DAX Index reached its highest since May 29, as ThyssenKrupp AG led after announcing plans to buy back as much as 5% of its shares.

THE European Central Bank left its benchmark interest rate at a half-century low of 2% amid signs the economy in the dozen euro nations may be recovering.