reuters says the german hsh nordbank, which was thought to have failed, has passed. the ecb has not confirmed any reports. they put 130 institutions to the test to see how they would fare in the event of another financial crisis. official results will be released on sunday. on till wednesday's -- on to wednesday's market action. a second day of gains. our correspondent sent us this report from the frankfurt stock exchange. >> the report from spain was good for the hsh nordbank. it is not a publicly listed company, but it did sell bonds to investors, and they were a lot more in demand than before, traders told me. the shares reacted quite moderately to this report from spain. nothing is confirmed yet. the official result would come on sunday. many people here expected that some banks will fail. if an important bank is among those that fails the stress test, it could become turbulent. nervousness will continue to climb until sunday, people here believe. >> in frankfurt, where we can say for a closer look at wednesday's numbers. the dax finishing up 0.6%. the euro stoxx