German stocks - Factors to watch on February 26

Alstria Office REIT AG

26/02/2020 05:39

BERLIN/FRANKFURT, Feb 26 (Reuters) - The following are some
of the factors that may move German stocks on Wednesday:
    
    CORONAVIRUS
    A 25-year-old man living in the southern German state of
Baden-Wuerttemberg has tested positive for coronavirus after a
trip to Milan, and another man further north is in a critical
condition with the disease, authorities said on Tuesday.
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    China and South Korea reported 500 new coronavirus cases on
Wednesday, including the first U.S. soldier to be infected, as
the United States warned of an inevitable pandemic and an
outbreak in northern Italy spread to several European countries.
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    DEUTSCHE BANK  DBKGn.DE  
    The German lender is among banks that have curbed trips to
Italy amid fears that the coronavirus outbreak across the north
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    LUFTHANSA  LHAG.DE 
    The German airline is considering suspending new hiring and
enacting other savings measures as it grapples with the
coronavirus, a German newspaper reported on Tuesday.
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    AAREAL BANK  ARLG.DE 
    Q4 results due 
    
    ALSTRIA OFFICE  AOXG.DE 
    Q4 results due
    
    DEUTSCHE TELEKOM  DTEGn.DE 
    Deutsche Telekom holds presentation on an initiative by
European wireless carriers to adopt open standards for
next-generation mobile networks, a step that would make it
easier to switch vendors without having to rip and replace old
equipment at great expense.

        
    ANALYSTS' VIEWS 
    DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR PLC  DLGS.DE : Credit Suisse cuts
target price to 54 euros from 58.5 euros 
    ALLIANZ SE  ALVG.DE : CITIGROUP raises price target to 257.8
euros from 254.8 euros 

        
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS  
    Dow Jones  .DJI  -3.2%, S&P 500 .SPX  -3%, Nasdaq  .IXIC 
-2.8% at close.  .N 
    Nikkei  .N225  -0.9%, Shanghai stocks  .SSEC  +0.4%.  .T 
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    Time: 5:39 GMT

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    No major economic data scheduled.
    
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