German stocks - Factors to watch on October 23

BRAIN Biotech AG

23/10/2017 06:07

FRANKFURT, Oct 23 (Reuters) - The following are some of the 
factors that may move German stocks on Monday: 
 
    BAYER  BAYGn.DE  
    Monsanto Co  MON.N  sued Arkansas agricultural officials on 
Friday to stop a proposed summer ban on a weed killer linked to 
widespread crop damage beyond the major farm state's borders. 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N1MV1WT 
 
    DEUTSCHE BANK  DBKGn.DE  
    Workers at Deutsche Bank's retail arm Postbank are 
threatening to stage a strike over a wage dispute, labour union 
Verdi said on Sunday, ahead of a round of negotiations due to 
start on Monday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1MX0BR 
     
    HENKEL  HNKG_p.DE  
    The consumer goods group may further expand its business in 
the United States via acquisitions, Chief Executive Hans van 
Bylen told Welt am Sonntag in an interview.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1MW09V 
             
    INFINEON  IFXGn.DE  
    Infineon aims to replace NXP as the market leader in chips 
for the automotive sector, Peter Schiefer, the head of 
Infineon's automotive business, told Automobilwoche magazine.    
     
    LINDE  LING.DE  
    Deutsche Boerse said tendered shares in Linde would replace 
Linde's current share class on the blue-chip DAX index  .GDAXI  
due to the expected merger with Praxair  PX.N . 
         
    LUFTHANSA  LHAG.DE , AIR BERLIN  AB1.DE  
    Lufthansa's Eurowings budget unit is offering new pilots 
licensed to train others to fly Airbus A320 aircraft, such as 
those it is taking over from Air Berlin, a 20,000 euro bonus for 
signing on, Rheinische Post reported, citing no sources. 
    Separately, Air Berlin is demanding damages from its 
part-owner Etihad Airways for letting it become insolvent and it 
hopes for payment of at least 10 million euros, Air Berlin's 
administrator told Rheinische Post.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1MW091 
     
    REINSURERS  MUVGn.DE  HNRGn.DE  
    Annual industry meeting due in Baden-Baden, Germany. 
     
    VOLKSWAGEN  VOWG_p.DE  
    Audi's workers in Germany are demanding that the premium 
carmaker extend job guarantees by five years to 2025 and are 
seeking an agreement with management by the end of the year, Der 
Spiegel cited works council chief Peter Mosch as saying. 
    Separately, Frankfurt Allgemeine Zeitung said that VW was 
expecting a visit from EU authorities early this week, after BMW 
offices were searched in connection with cartel allegations last 
week. 
 
    HOCHTIEF  HOTG.DE  
    Hochtief parent ACS's  ACS.MC  counterbid for toll-road 
group Abertis  ABE.MC  could face hurdles from the European 
antitrust authority, Il Sole 24 Ore reported on Saturday. 
Italy's Atlantia  ATL.MI  could raise its offer even to 20 euros 
per Abertis share, the daily added, citing analysts. 
     
    DEUTZ  DEZG.DE  
    The company expects to generate 5-10 percent of its annual 
revenues with hybrid or fully electric engines in five years, 
Chief Executive Frank Hiller told Frankfurter Allgemeine 
Zeitung. But it may also make acquisitions in conventional 
diesel technology, he said. 
 
    HAMBORNER REIT  HABG.DE   
    The group said it had renewed leases with the 
   core tenants of its office properties in Bremen and Muenster. 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1MX01W 
                 
    PATRIZIA IMMOBILIEN  P1ZGn.DE   
    The real estate company is looking for acquisitions to grow 
its business in European markets such as Germany, Britain, 
France and Ireland, its finance chief Karim Bohn reiterated in 
an interview with Boersen-Zeitung. 
     
    RATIONAL  RAAG.DE  
    The commercial-kitchen maker is considering setting up a 
factory in the United States in response to the strengthening 
euro, its finance chief Axel Kaufmann told German weekly Euro am 
Sonntag.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1MW049 
 
    ROCKET INTERNET  RKET.DE  
    Loss-making meal-kit-delivery group HelloFresh, which is 
majority-owned by Rocket, set the price range for its Nov. 2 
listing.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1MX0NU 
     
    BRAIN  BNNn.DE  
    The biotech firm aims to turn a profit by the end of its 
current fiscal year and expects the funds it raised in its IPO 
to last until then, Welt am Sonntag quoted Chief Executive 
Juergen Eck as saying in an interview. 
         
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS   
    Dow Jones  .DJI  +0.7 pct, S&P 500 .SPX  +0.5 pct, Nasdaq 
 .IXIC  +0.4 pct at close.  .N  
    Nikkei  .N225  +1.1 pct, Shanghai stocks  .SSEC  unchanged. 
    Time: 5.07 GMT.  .T   .SS  
        
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