German stocks - Factors to watch on February 16

Bertrandt AG

16/02/2015 06:17

FRANKFURT, Feb 16 (Reuters) - The following are some of the 
factors that may move German stocks on Monday: 
     
    DEUTSCHE BANK  DBKGn.DE  
    Deutsche Bank management is focusing on plans for a 
slimmed-down universal bank as part of its strategic review, 
where the group remains internationally engaged in most of its 
current activities but pulls out of unprofitable regions and 
business lines, newspaper Handelsblatt reported on Monday. 
 ID:nL5N0VQ09S  
     
    BAYER  BAYGn.DE  
    Olivier Brandicourt, head of Bayer AG's healthcare business, 
is well placed to become chief executive of French drug maker 
Sanofi  SASY.PA , Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing people 
with knowledge of the company's strategy.  ID:nL5N0VN4SS  
     
    RWE  RWEG.DE  
    Chief Executive Peter Terium is not overly concerned with 
the impact Germany's current energy shift has on the company's 
power generation business, he told Frankfurter Allgemeine 
Zeitung, adding the group's other three pillars -- networks, 
trading and retail -- were all healthy. 
     
    DEUTSCHE WOHNEN  DWNG.DE  
    Germany's second-largest real estate group has launched an 
offer to acquire Austrian peer Conwert  CONW.VI  in a deal that 
values the company at about 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion), it 
said on Sunday.  ID:nL5N0VP0R5  
     
    FRAPORT  FRAG.DE  
    Greece plans to review a 1.2 billion euro ($1.37 billion) 
deal for German airport operator Fraport to run 14 regional 
airports, one of Greece's biggest privatisation deals since its 
debt crisis began in 2009, the state minister said on Saturday. 
    Fraport declined to comment.  ID:nL5N0VO04A  
     
    OSRAM  OSRn.DE  
    First-quarter financial report due. Osram already reported 
preliminary figures earlier this month.  ID:nL6N0VE0FV  
    It also on Friday said Jens Hansen, currently CEO of the 
Americas region, is now heading its traditional lamps business. 
     
    PUMA  PUMG.DE  
    Q4 results due. The sporting goods firm is seen swinging to 
a net profit of 6.9 million euros from a year-earlier loss of 
115 million. Poll:  ID:nL5N0VJ3VM  
     
    BERTRANDT  BDTG.DE  
    Q1 results due. 
     
    GFK  GFKG.DE  
    The German market research firm expects to benefit from 
strengthening foreign currencies this year, its chief financial 
officer told a German newspaper.  ID:nL5N0VO07R  
     
    STABILUS  STAB.DE  
    Q1 results due. 
     
    ANALYSTS' VIEWS  
    COMMERZBANK  CBKG.DE  Citigroup cuts price target to 12 euro 
from 12.50 euros, rating 'neutral' 
     
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS 
    Dow Jones  .DJI  +0.26 pct, S&P 500  .SPX  +0.4 pct, Nasdaq 
 .IXIC  +0.8 pct at Friday's close.  ID:nL1N0VN269  
    Nikkei  .N225  up 0.5 pct. [ID:nL4N0VQ18M 
     
    GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA 
    No economic data scheduled. 
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 (Reporting by Christoph Steitz, Victoria Bryan and Thomas 
Atkins) 
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Keywords: GERMANY MARKETS STOCKS