German stocks - Factors to watch on May 2

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02/05/2017 05:39

BERLIN/FRANKFURT, May 2 (Reuters) - The following are some 
of the factors that may move German stocks on Tuesday:  
     
    BMW  BMWG.DE  
    The United States will begin an investigation into whether 
thermoplastic components used in some models of BMW and Japanese 
cars violate its patent laws, trade authorities said late last 
week. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N1I31CA 
    The luxury automaker will build the self-driving electric 
car dubbed "iNext" at its Bavarian plant in Dingolfing, chief 
executive Harald Krueger told Frankfurter Allgemeine 
Sonntagszeitung. 
     
    BAYER  BAYGn.DE  
    The chemicals maker said it was seeking approval from U.S. 
drug authorities to complement dosage options for 
stroke-prevention pill Xarelto.   
    
    DEUTSCHE BANK  DBKGn.DE  
    The bank's shareholders should not ratify the actions of its 
top executives and supervisory board members for last year 
because of the legal uncertainties surrounding the lender, 
shareholder advisory firm Glass Lewis said on Friday. 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1I07KM 
     
    DEUTSCHE POST  DPWGn.DE  
    German fish distributor Deutsche See plans to buy 80 
electric delivery vans from the logistics group after Volkswagen 
turned down a request to build a zero-emission vehicle, Bild am 
Sonntag reported.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1I2089 
     
    HENKEL  HNKG_p.DE  
    U.S. business will continue to drive growth at the consumer 
goods group although the impact of President Donald Trump's tax 
plans remains to be seen, chief executive Hans Van Bylen told 
Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung. 
     
    SIEMENS  SIEGn.DE , SAP  SAPG.DE  
    Saudi Arabia wants Siemens SAP to play an important role in 
furthering the kingdom's "digital transformation", company 
officials said on Sunday during German Chancellor Angela 
Merkel's visit to the country.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1I20IC 
         
    VOLKSWAGEN  VOWG_p.DE  
    Europe's largest carmaker will step up efforts with partners 
in coming years to promote cars running on compressed natural 
gas, Chief Executive Matthias Mueller told Automobilwoche. 
    Spanish division Seat has refitted more than half of 680,000 
diesel cars equipped with illicit emissions control software, 
chief executive Luca de Meo told Focus magazine.    
     
    AIRBUS  AIRG.DE  AIR.PA  
    Airbus AIR.PA Chief Executive Tom Enders has offered support 
for French presidential hopeful Emmanuel Macron, just days ahead 
of the second round of an election that will pit the centrist, 
pro-European candidate against far-right Marine Le Pen, French 
newspaper L'Opinion reported.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1I20N1 
     
    UNIPER  UN01.DE   
    Providing commodity prices pick up, the German utility is 
planning to continue to hike dividend payments after an expected 
payout of 230 million for 2017, its CFO told Boersen-Zeitung.   
     
    ZALANDO  ZALG.DE  
    The online fashion retailer is pondering opening stores in 
major cities such as London, Paris or Berlin, the company's 
co-chief executive told Germany's Manager Magazin.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1I104P 
     
    PFEIFFER VACUUM  PV.DE  
    Q1 results due. Operating profit seen up 76 percent at 22.7 
million euros ($24.8 million). Poll:  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1I042V 
     
    QIAGEN  QGEN.O  
    Q1 results due after market close. Adjusted EBIT seen up 17 
percent at $62.6 million. Poll:  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1HZ724 
     
    ROCKET INTERNET  RKET.DE  
    The e-commerce investor's chief executive wants the company 
to be able to carry out financial operations that require 
permission from financial regulator BaFin, Welt am Sonntag 
reported.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1I10D7 
     
    BET-AT-HOME  ARTG.DE   
    Q1 results due. 
     
    AIR BERLIN  AB1.DE  
    Annual report due. The group on Friday reported a record net 
loss for the year as well as a widening loss in the first 
quarter of 2017.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1I04UR 
    Nine Air Berlin flights were cancelled at Berlin's Tegel 
airport on Saturday for lack of staff, technical issues and a 
bomb alert, a spokeswoman said, adding the cancellations had 
nothing to do with the carrier's economic situation. 
     
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    ADO PROPERTIES  ADJ.DE  - 0.45 eur/shr dividend proposed 
     
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    BAYER  BAYGn.DE  - dividend 2.70 eur/shr 
    CONTINENTAL AG  CONG.DE  - dividend 4.25 eur/shr  
    DEUTSCHE POST  DPWGn.DE  - dividend 1.05 eur/shr 
    MERCK KGAA  MRCG.DE  - dividend 1.20 eur/shr  
         
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS   
    US markets closed.    .N  
    Nikkei  .N225  +0.7 pct, Shanghai stocks  .SSEC  -0.2 pct. 
    Time: 4.29 GMT.  .T   .SS  
     
    GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA 
    German April Markit manufacturing PMI due at 0755 GMT. Seen 
unchanged at 58.2 points. 
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 (Reporting by Andreas Cremer and Arno Schuetze) 
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