German stocks - Factors to watch on April 18

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18/04/2019 06:20

BERLIN/FRANKFURT, April 18 (Reuters) - The following are
some of the factors that may move German stocks on Thursday:
    
    WIRECARD  WDIG.DE  
    Short selling ban imposed by Germany's financial watchdog
Bafin due to expire at 2200 GMT. 

    AUDI  NSUG.DE   VOWG_p.DE 
    A self-driving technology unit owned by Audi has signed a
sensor-system deal with Aeva Inc, a startup company founded by
two former Apple  AAPL.O  engineers.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N21Z11A
    
    SARTORIUS  SATG.DE  
    Guidance confirmed after a 16.8 percent revenue increase in
the first quarter. Underlying EBITDA rose 28.7 percent, the
company said on Thursday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN21Z19F
    
    ADVA OPTICAL  ADAG.DE  
    Q1 net profit stood at 1 million euros  ($1.13 million), the
company reported on Thursday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASP0010FQ
    
    SOFTWARE AG  SOWGn.DE  
    Final Q1 results due. Company on April 11 raised its outlook
for its Adabas & Natural Business unit as total Q1 revenue rose
8 percent.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASP00107U
    
    SENVION SENG.DE  
    German wind turbine manufacturer Senvion, which filed for
insolvency last week, has signed an agreement with its lenders
and main bond holders for a 100 million euro ($112.94 million)
loan.  L5N21Z62C 
    
    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS
    PUMA SE  PUMG.DE  - 3.50 eur/shr dividend proposed

    EX-DIVIDEND 
    BEIERSDORF  BEIG.DE  - 0.70 euros/shr dividend
    AXEL SPRINGER  SPRGn.DE  - 2.10 euros/shr dividend 

    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS  
    Dow Jones  .DJI  unchanged, S&P 500 .SPX  -0.2 pct, Nasdaq
 .IXIC  -0.1 pct at close.  .N 
    Nikkei  .N225  -0.7 pct, Shanghai stocks  .SSEC  -0.3 pct.
 .T   .SS 
    Time: 5:20 GMT. 
    
    
    GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA
    German March producer prices due at 0600 GMT. Seen +0.2 pct
m/m, +2.7 pct yr/yr. 
    
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