German stocks - Factors to watch on June 17

Befesa SA

17/06/2021 05:25

BERLIN/FRANKFURT, June 17 (Reuters) - The following are some
of the factors that may move German stocks on Thursday:
    
    CORONAVIRUS
    Germany reported 1,330 new infections and 105 more deaths.
    
    CUREVAC  5CV.DE 
    German biotech CureVac NV said on Wednesday its COVID-19
vaccine was only 47% effective in a late-stage trial, missing
the study's main goal and throwing in doubt the potential
delivery of hundreds of millions of doses to the European Union.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N2NY35V
    
    MORPHOSYS AG  MORG.DE 
    Morphosys said it had started a cash tender offer for all
outstanding shares of Constellation Pharmaceuticals Inc. for
$34.00 per share.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2NY0TY
    
    Suedzucker  SZUG.DE 
    Europe's largest sugar producer, on Wednesday reported lower
first-quarter earnings due to the coronavirus pandemic, but said
it remained optimistic profits will rise in its full financial
year.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2NY4TP
    
    TESLA  TSLA.O 
    Germany's transport minister is trying to convince Tesla to
open its network of superchargers to other carmakers to make it
easier for drivers of electric vehicles to charge.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2NY4UF
    
    COMMERZBANK  CBKG.DE 
    The lender said it had appointed Bettina Orlopp as deputy
chairman.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASN001C29
    
    BEFESA  BFSA.DE  
    Befesa said on Wednesday it would buy American Zinc
Recycling (AZR) for $450 million to become a leader in recycling
of steelmaking dust in Europe, Asia and the United States.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASN001C1Z
   
    
    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS
    VARTA  VAR1.DE  - 2.48 eur/shr dividend proposed
    HOME24  H24.DE  - 0 eur/shr dividend proposed
        
        
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS  
    Dow Jones  .DJI  -0.8%, S&P 500 .SPX  -0.5%, Nasdaq  .IXIC 
-0.2% at close.  .N 
    Nikkei  .N225  -1.1%, Shanghai stocks  .SSEC  +0.2%.  .T 
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    Time: 4:25 GMT

    
    ECONOMY
    European May passenger car registration due at 0600 GMT.
    
    
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