German stocks - Factors to watch on August 20

Biofrontera AG

20/08/2021 05:45

BERLIN/FRANKFURT, Aug 20 (Reuters) - The following are some
of the factors that may move German stocks on Friday:
    
    CORONAVIRUS
    Germany reported 9,280 new infections and 13 more deaths.
    The German government plans to designate parts of Greece and
some areas of Ireland as high-risk areas, meaning unvaccinated
travellers from those regions would need to go into quarantine
for five days, the Funke media group reported on Thursday.
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    ECONOMY
    The German economy is on track for a lasting, probably
stronger recovery in the third quarter driven by lively domestic
demand after gross domestic product expanded by 1.5% on the
quarter from April to June, the finance ministry said on Friday.
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    BIOFRONTERA  B8FGn.DE  
    Biofrontera said its first-half loss after tax widened to
8.9 Million euros.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2PQ0QO
    
    PETRO WELT TECHNOLOGIES  02C.DE 
    Petro Welt Technologies said first-half revenue fell 31.2%
to 105.9 million euros.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASN001KJ2
        
    ANALYSTS' VIEWS 
    WACKER CHEMIE AG  WCHG.DE : CREDIT SUISSE REINSTATES WITH
"OUTPERFORM" RATING; EUR 168 TARGET PRICE
    
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS  
    Dow Jones  .DJI  -0.2%, S&P 500 .SPX  +0.1%, Nasdaq  .IXIC 
+0.1% at close.  .N 
    Nikkei  .N225  -0.8%, Shanghai stocks  .SSEC  -1.7%.  .T 
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    Time: 4:45 GMT
    
    
    ECONOMY
    German July producer prices due around 0600 GMT. Seen +0.8%
m/m, +9.2% y/y   
    
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