German stocks - Factors to watch on July 31

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31/07/2017 06:16

FRANKFURT/BERLIN, July 31 (Reuters) - The following are some 
of the factors that may move German stocks on Monday: 
     
    AUTOS  BMWG.DE   DAIGn.DE   VOWG_p.DE  
    The German environment ministry has rejected calls from two 
of the country's states for tax incentives to promote the sale 
of low-emission modern diesels and electric cars.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KK0EI 
    Auto supplier Robert Bosch  ROBG.UL  plans to decide by the 
end of the year or early next year whether it will start 
producing battery cells for electric cars, chief executive 
Volkmar Denner told Welt am Sonntag.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KL0GD 
     
    COMMERZBANK  CBKG.DE  
    Commerzbank's new investor, U.S. buyout fund Cerberus, plans 
to claim a seat on the lender's supervisory board, Sueddeutsche 
Zeitung reported, citing sources on the controlling panel. 
Commerzbank declined comment.  
    
    DAIMLER  DAIGn.DE  
    The carmaker's finance arm said on Sunday it was heading for 
another record year after signing nearly one million new leasing 
and finance contracts between January and June.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KL0DR 
     
    DEUTSCHE BANK  DBKGn.DE  
    A U.S. judge on Friday said investors may pursue part of 
their nationwide antitrust lawsuit accusing 12 of the world's 
biggest banks of conspiring to rig the $275 trillion market for 
interest rate swaps.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1KJ1CI 
     
    DEUTSCHE BOERSE  DB1Gn.DE  
    Executive Carsten Kengeter, who is under investigation for 
insider trading, frequently met and spoke by telephone with his 
London Stock Exchange counterpart in the months before they 
announced official merger talks, Der Spiegel magazine reported 
on Friday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KJ6FP 
     
    DEUTSCHE TELEKOM  DTEGn.DE  
    Sprint Corp  S.N  has proposed a merger with Charter 
Communications Inc  CHTR.O  as the wireless carrier seeks an 
alternative to a deal with T-Mobile US Inc  TMUS.O  that has so 
far not come to fruition, according to sources familiar with the 
matter.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1KJ260 
     
    MUNICH RE  MUVGn.DE  
    Chief executive Joachim Wenning expects loss-making unit 
Ergo to deliver on cost cuts and to seek no parent funding, 
Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported on Sunday, citing an interview.  
     
    VOLKSWAGEN  VOWG_p.DE  
    VW's planned sale of motorcycle brand Ducati and 
transmissions maker Renk has currently no majority backing on 
the carmaker's supervisory board, with opponents to asset sales 
feeling invigorated by the group's strong results.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KL0KV 
    Italy's Benetton family is among five bidders shortlisted to 
buy Italian motorcycle brand Ducati, which is being sold by the 
German carmaker, a source close to the matter said on Saturday. 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KK0FJ 
    Audi  NSUG.DE  aims to cut costs by 10 billion euros by 2022 
to help fund a shift to electric cars as it seeks to move on 
after the emissions scandal, sources close to the carmaker said. 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KL0Q8 
     
    SCHAEFFLER  SHA_p.DE  CONG.DE  
    The automotive supplier plans to invest 500 million euros 
($587 million) in electric mobility by 2020 and hire another 
1,200 workers, monthly magazine Automobil Produktion reported on 
Saturday, citing an interview.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1KK0C4 
         
    EVOTEC  EVTG.DE  
    The group plans to buy U.S. pharmaceutical company Aptuit 
for about 256 million euros.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASM000DCY  
     
    RIB SOFTWARE  RIB.DE   
    Q2 results due. 
     
    BET-AT-HOME.COM  ARTG.DE   
    Q2 results due. 
     
    PORSCHE SE  PSHG_p.DE   
    Q2 results due. 
 
    GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA 
    German June retail sales due at 0600 GMT. Seen +0.1 pct m/m. 
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