German stocks - Factors to watch on January 8

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08/01/2021 05:50

BERLIN/FRANKFURT, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The following are some
of the factors that may move German stocks on Friday:
    
    CORONAVIRUS
    Germany reported a record 1,188 COVID-19 daily deaths and
31,849 new infections.
    Pfizer and BioNTech's vaccine appeared to work against a key
mutation in the highly transmissible new variants of the
coronavirus discovered in the UK and South Africa, according to
a laboratory study conducted by the U.S. drugmaker.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2JI2LZ
    Chinese authorities shut down some entry and exit ramps of a
highway connecting Beijing and Shijiazhuang, the provincial
capital of Hebei province, which is fighting a cluster of
coronavirus infections.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2JJ00X
    
    U.S. ELECTION
    President Donald Trump faced the threat of a second
impeachment, a day after his supporters breached the U.S.
Capitol in an assault on American democracy as Congress was
certifying President-elect Joe Biden's victory.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2JI0JO
    
    
    DAIMLER  DAIGn.DE 
    Daimler is starting the year with optimism after a strong
finish to 2020, Chief Executive Ola Kaellenius said, adding that
sales in the fourth quarter had continued the strong trend seen
in the preceding three months.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2JI4MH
    Daimler AG unveiled a new display screen that will cover
almost the entire dashboard of its luxury Mercedes-Benz models,
in a bid to outdo Tesla Inc's  TSLA.O  hallmark touchscreen
infotainment system.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2JI1VO
    
    BAYER  BAYGn.DE 
    The company said it had placed an offering of senior bonds
with a volume of 4 billion euros with institutional investors.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2JI51N
    
    
    ADVA OPTICAL  ADAG.DE 
    The company said Q4 preliminary revenues came in at 140.6
million euros while operating income rose to 14.4 million euros.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nEQcK81ga
    
        
    ANALYSTS' VIEWS 
    RWE  RWEG.DE  - EXANE BNP PARIBAS RAISES TO OUTPERFORM FROM
NEUTRAL
    ALSTRIA OFFICE REIT  AOXG.DE  - SOCGEN INITIATES WITH SELL
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    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS  
    Dow Jones  .DJI  +0.7%, S&P 500 .SPX  +1.5%, Nasdaq  .IXIC 
+2.6% at close.  .N 
    Nikkei  .N225  +2.1%, Shanghai stocks  .SSEC  -0.4%.  .T 
 .SS 
    Time: 5:50 GMT
    
    
    ECONOMY
    * German November industrial production due at 0700 GMT.
Seen +0.7% m/m.    
    * German November trade data due at 0700 GMT. Exports seen
+0.8% m/m, imports +0.4% m/m.    
    
    
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