German stocks - Factors to watch on February 18

Bertrandt AG

18/02/2016 06:00

FRANKFURT, Feb 18 (Reuters) - The following are some of the 
factors that may move German stocks on Thursday: 
     
    ANKARA ATTACK 
    Twenty-eight people were killed and dozens wounded in 
Turkey's capital Ankara on Wednesday when a car laden with 
explosives detonated next to military buses near the armed 
forces' headquarters, parliament and other government buildings. 
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    FED MINUTES 
    Federal Reserve policymakers worried last month that a 
global slowdown and financial market selloff could hurt the U.S. 
economy and considered changing the central bank's planned 
interest rate hike path for 2016.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N15W1WM 
     
    ALLIANZ  ALVG.DE  
    Allianz said it entered a reinsurance and consulting 
agreement with run-off specialist Enstar  ESGR.O , involving the 
transfer of $1.1 billion of U.S. long-tail liabilities to Enstar 
via a 50 percent quota share reinsurance of selected portfolios 
carried by Allianz unit San Francisco Reinsurance Company. 
     
    BAYER  BAYGn.DE  
    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration may have greatly 
underestimated the number of fetal deaths among women who became 
pregnant after using Bayer's Essure contraceptive device, 
according to a private analyst who combed through the agency's 
public database.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N15X0AR 
     
    DAIMLER  DAIGn.DE  
    Annual report due. The carmaker published preliminary 
results earlier this month and forecast only modest growth in 
sales and earnings this year.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N15J17O 
     
    DEUTSCHE BOERSE  DB1Gn.DE  
    The group raised its dividend by more than expected, after 
volatile financial markets last year spurred revenue from 
trading at the German exchange operator.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN15W06C 
     
    FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE  FMEG.DE  
    The company settled out of court for $250 million with U.S. 
plaintiffs who had accused the German company of understating 
the side effects of a medical product, it said late on 
Wednesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASN0000J8 
     
    PUMA  PUMG.DE  
    Q4 results due. The net loss is seen narrowing to 2 million 
euros from 4.6 million a year earlier. Poll:  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N15R3ZE 
     
    TAKKT  TTKG.DE  
    The company said it would propose a dividend of 0.50 euros a 
share for 2015.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASN0000J6 
    Separately, Q4 results due. EBITDA seen up 6 percent at 34 
million euros. Poll:  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N15W2GX 
     
    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS 
    INFINEON  IFXGn.DE  - 0.20 eur/shr dividend proposed 
     
    EX-DIVIDEND  
    BERTRANDT  BDTG.DE  - dividend 2.45 eur/shr 
     
    ANALYSTS' VIEWS 
    HANNOVER RE  HNRGn.DE  - Deutsche Bank lifts the stock to 
"hold" from "sell", raises price target to 92 euros from 77 
euros 
    SALZGITTER  SZGG.DE  - Jefferies raises to "hold", lifts 
price target to 22 euros 
         
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS   
    Dow Jones  .DJI  +1.6 pct, S&P 500 .SPX  +1.7 pct, Nasdaq 
 .IXIC  +2.2 pct at close.  .N  
    Nikkei  .N225  +2.3 pct, Shanghai stocks  .SSEC  +0.4 pct. 
    Time: 6.00 GMT.  .T   .SS  
         
    GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA 
    No economic data scheduled. 
    Four in ten German economists believe the record number of 
migrants coming to the country are a drag on the economy, while 
only 23 percent view them as beneficial, a poll to be published 
on Thursday showed.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N15W51R 
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Keywords: GERMANY STOCKS/FACTORS