Share prices were steady in early trading on the Frankfurt stock exchange Friday ahead of German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's vote of confidence in the Bundestag parliament, dpa reported. The DAX edged up a marginal 0.01 per cent to 4586 points. The mid range MDAX sagged 0.21 per cent to 6308 while the TecDAX tech shares index was off 0.82 per cent to 544 points. Meanwhile, the euro began trading on Frankfurt currency markets Friday at 1.2035 dollars. That put the greenback at 83.05 euro cents. By comparison, the European Central Bank (ECB) pegged the European single currency at 1.2092 dollars on Thursday.