German stocks - Factors to watch on September 30

Alstria Office REIT AG

30/09/2020 05:49

BERLIN/FRANKFURT, Sept 30 (Reuters) - The following are some
of the factors that may move German stocks on Wednesday:
    
    CORONAVIRUS
    Germany will restrict the size of gatherings and fine people
who flout tracking rules in an effort to contain the spread of
the coronavirus over autumn and winter, Chancellor Angela Merkel
said on Tuesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2GQ1LG
    Germany's CureVac NV  CVAC.O  said on Tuesday it has started
a mid-stage study testing its experimental coronavirus vaccine
and plans to begin a decisive global trial with about 30,000
volunteers in the fourth quarter.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2GQ46V
    
     MERCK KGAA  MRCG.DE  
    The speciality drugs company said that it has reversed a 365
million euro provision for a U.S. patent dispute with Biogen
 BIIB.O  after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
invalidated Biogen's patent. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2GQ0LY
    
    DEUTSCHE TELEKOM  DTEGn.DE 
    Germany's cabinet will in November consider a new version of
the law to set out a framework for 5G mobile networks as talks
in German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government continue on how
to deal with security issues linked to China's Huawei  HWT.UL ,
Handelsblatt reported. 
    
    VOLKSWAGEN  VOWG_p.DE 
    Volkswagen is reviewing the future of its high-performance
brands Lamborghini, Bugatti and Ducati as part of broader quest
for more economies of scale as it shifts to mass producing
electric cars, senior executives told Reuters.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2F11A8
    
    ALSTRIA OFFICE REIT  AOXG.DE 
    The company said its shareholders had overwhelmingly voted
to have a green dividend paid out.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2GQ0FW
    
    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS
    DRAEGERWERK  DRWG.DE  - 0.13 eur/shr dividend proposed
    VOLKSWAGEN  VOWG_p.DE  - 4.86 eur/shr dividend proposed
    
        
    EX-DIVIDEND 
    ALSTRIA OFFICE  AOXG.DE  - 0.53 euros/shr dividend
        
        
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS  
    Dow Jones  .DJI  -0.5%, S&P 500 .SPX  -0.5%, Nasdaq  .IXIC 
-0.3% at close.  .N 
    Nikkei  .N225  -1.1%, Shanghai stocks  .SSEC  +0.5%.  .T 
 .SS 
    Time: 4:48 GMT

    GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA
    German August import prices due at 0600 GMT. Seen 0.0% m/m,
-4.1% y/y.
    German August retail sales due at 0600 GMT. Seen +0.5% m/m,
+4.2% y/y.
    German September unemployment due at 0855 GMT. Rate seen at
6.4%.
    
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