German stocks - Factors to watch on February 20

Bertrandt AG

20/02/2015 06:22

FRANKFURT, Feb 20 (Reuters) - The following are some of the 
factors that may move German stocks on Friday: 
     
    BAYER  BAYGn.DE  
    Germany's Bayer said the head of its healthcare division, 
Olivier Brandicourt, would quit to become chief executive 
officer of French peer Sanofi on April 2.  ID:nL1N0VT371  
     
    VOLKSWAGEN  VOWG_p.DE  
    Volkswagen Group is set to elevate Matthias Mueller, head of 
its sportscar brand Porsche, to its management board next week, 
a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday. 
 ID:nL5N0VT4NZ  
     
    AAREAL  ARLG.DE  
    German property lender Aareal is close to clinching a deal 
to buy peer Westimmo this weekend, Frankfurter Allgemeine 
Zeitung said on Friday. 
     
    BERTRANDT  BDTG.DE   GAGFAH  GFJG.DE   
    Bertrandt is due to replace Gagfah in Germany's MDAX 
mid-sized companies index, stock exchange operator Deutsche 
Boerse said.  ID:nFWN0VT044     
 
    BB BIOTECH  BION.S   BIONn.DE  
    Q4 results due. 
         
     
    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS 
    METRO  MEOG.DE  - dividend of 0.9 eur/shr proposed 
 
         
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS 
    Dow Jones  .DJI  -0.24 pct, S&P 500  .SPX  -0.1 pct, Nasdaq 
 .IXIC  +0.4 pct at Thursday's close.  ID:nL1N0VT357  
    Nikkei  .N225  +0.4 pct at 0620 GMT.  ID:nL4N0VU0T1  
     
    GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA 
    German January producer prices due at 0700 GMT. Seen -0.4 
pct m/m, -2.0 pct y/y.  
    German February Markit flash PMI due at 0830 GMT. 
Manufacturing PMI seen at 51.5 pts, service PMI seen at 54.2 
pts.  
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Keywords: GERMANY MARKETS STOCKS