German stocks - Factors to watch on April 8

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08/04/2021 05:41

BERLIN/FRANKFURT, April 8 (Reuters) - The following are some
of the factors that may move German stocks on Thursday:
    
    CORONAVIRUS
    Germany reported 20,407 new infections and 306 more deaths.
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    Chancellor Angela Merkel supports demands for a short, tough
lockdown in Germany to curb the spread of the coronavirus as
infection rates are too high, a German government spokeswoman
said on Wednesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2M02HY
    Germany is about to start bilateral negotiations with Russia
to obtain its Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, a source told Reuters
on Wednesday, adding that any final agreement depended on Russia
providing key data to the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
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    GERRESHEIMER  GXIG.DE  
    First-quarter results due. 
    
    AIRBUS  AIRG.DE 
    Europe's Airbus  AIR.PA  accelerated jet deliveries in
March, putting it within reach of matching or even eclipsing
last year's first-quarter total, which was only partially
affected by the coronavirus crisis, tracking estimates showed on
Wednesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2M04WE
    
    BIONTECH  22UAy.DE 
    FDA Adds vomiting, diarrhoea, arm Pain as side effects
reported with Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to EUA fact
sheet.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2M00AQ
    
    ADVANCED BLOCKCHAIN AG  BWG.DE 
    Advanced Blockchain AG Says Simon Telian to be appointed as
CEO of wholly owned subsidiary Nakamo.To.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASN0011PA
        
    ANALYSTS' VIEWS 
        
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS  
    Dow Jones  .DJI  +0.1%, S&P 500 .SPX  +0.1%, Nasdaq  .IXIC 
-0.1% at close.  .N 
    Nikkei  .N225  -0.3%, Shanghai stocks  .SSEC  +0.2%.  .T 
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    Time: 4:41 GMT
    
    
    ECONOMY
    German February industrial orders due at 0800 GMT. Seen
+1.2% m/m.
    German March IHS Markit Cons PMI due at 0930 GMT. 
    German Q2 Overall comprehensive risk due at 1100 GMT. 

    
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