German stocks - Factors to watch on February 19

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19/02/2020 05:24

BERLIN, Feb 19 (Reuters) - The following are some of the
factors that may move German stocks on Wednesday:
    
    CORONAVIRUS
    Hundreds of people began disembarking a quarantined cruise
ship off Japan as the death toll from the new coronavirus in
mainland China passed 2,000 and the number of new cases in the
country fell for a second straight day.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2AJ0J2
    
    
    COVESTRO  1COV.DE 
    Fourth-quarter results due. EBITDA seen at 279.11 million
euros. Poll:  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2AH0IK
    
    DEUTSCHE TELEKOM  DTEGn.DE 
    Full-year results due. EBITDA seen at 28.13 billion euros.
Poll:  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2AH0HN
    
    
    GERRESHEIMER  GXIG.DE 
    Fourth-quarter results due. EBITDA seen at 93 million euros.
Poll:  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2AI2BS
    
    METRO AG  B4B.DE 
    The company said it had concluded a purchase agreement with
the SCP Group for its Real hypermarkets business.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nEQGjCL4a
    
    PUMA  PUMG.DE 
    Fourth-quarter results due. Net profit seen at 13.45 million
euros. Poll:  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2AH1KU
    
    SCOUT24  G24n.DE 
    Full-year results due
    
    TELEFONICA DEUTSCHLAND  O2Dn.DE 
    Preliminary 2019 results due
    
    THYSSENKRUPP  TKAG.DE 
    The financial risks from purchasing Thyssen's elevators
division were too high to continue pursuing a bid, after ratings
agency Moody's downgraded Thyssen, Kone Chief Executive Hendrik
Ehrnrooth told Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
    
    
    ADVA OPTICAL NETWORKING  ADAG.DE 
    The telecommunications equipment company said it expected
shortages in its supply chain due to the coronavirus outbreak in
China. "The management board believes that these will most
likely lead to a negative pro forma operating income margin for
Q1 2020," it added.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASN00033H
    
    HAPAG-LLOYD  HLAG.DE 
    Fourth-quarter results due. Additionally, the company said
its business in Asia was "overall stable," although the
coronavirus outbreak had extended the traditionally slack period
around China's Lunar New Year holiday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2AI5FQ
    
    TAKKT  TTKG.DE 
    Full-year results due
    
    
    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS
    BERTRANDT  BDTG.DE  - 1.60 eur/shr dividend proposed
        
    
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS  
    Dow Jones  .DJI  -0.6%, S&P 500 .SPX  -0.3%, Nasdaq  .IXIC 
unchanged at close.  .N 
    Nikkei  .N225  +0.9%, Shanghai stocks  .SSEC  +0.4%.  .T 
 .SS 
    Time: 5:24 GMT
    
    
    GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA
    No major economic data scheduled.
    
    
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