FRANKFURT (dpa-AFX) - A fresh buy recommendation boosted the shares of Traton on Thursday. They rose by 3.6 percent to 32.10 euros in the first hour of trading on the SDax, putting them at the top of the index of smaller blue chips. The analyst firm Pareto Secutities gave the truck manufacturer's shares a "buy" rating.

Traton has had a strong run since the beginning of March, also triggered by positive analyst assessments. At the end of April, they were trading at 36.70 euros, higher than ever before. The trend then leveled off; the day before, they had fallen to their lowest level since the beginning of March./ajx/jha/