German stocks - Factors to watch on October 6

CEWE Stiftung & Co KGaA

06/10/2020 05:56

BERLIN/FRANKFURT, Oct 6(Reuters) - The following are some of
the factors that may move German stocks on Tuesday:
    
    CORONAVIRUS
    The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany
increased by 2,639 to 303,258, data from the Robert Koch
Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Tuesday.
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     Germany must avoid another shutdown of industrial activity,
Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said on Monday as rising
COVID-19 infections cloud the growth outlook for Europe's
largest economy.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2GW4C8
    President Donald Trump told Americans "to get out there" and
not fear COVID-19 as he returned to the White House on Monday
after a three-night hospital stay to be treated for the virus
and removed his white surgical mask to pose for pictures.
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    SAP  SAPG.DE  
    SAP will try to allocate 5% of its procurement spending to
social enterprises and diverse businesses by 2025 to encourage
greater social and environmental responsibility.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2GT2AN
    
    HEIDELBERG CEMENT  HEIG.DE 
    German cement makers HeidelbergCement and Schwenk on Monday
lost their challenge to an EU antitrust veto of their joint bid
for the Croatian business of Mexico's Cemex after Europe's
second-highest court backed the EU decision. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2GW1HH
    
    K+S  SDFGn.DE 
    K+S has signed an agreement to sell its North and South
American salt business to Stone Canyon Industries Holdings and
affiliates for $3.2 billion, the German minerals miner said in a
statement on Monday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2GW5CR
    
    DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA  LHAG.DE  
    The airline's CEO said Lufthansa was burning cash at a rate
of 500 million euros ($590 million) per month and was far from
achieving a break even.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2GW4YI
      
    ALSTRIA OFFICE REIT AG  AOXG.DE 
    Alstria Office REIT said it had sold three non-core assets.
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    PUMA  PUMG.DE 
    France-based luxury group Kering  PRTP.PA  announced the
launch of the sell-down of around 8.8 million shares of its Puma
stake, representing about 5.9% of the share capital of the
German sportswear company.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2GW0P8
    
    QIAGEN  QIA.DE 
    Qiagen said it would complement its COVID-19 Testing
portfolio with novel kit that simplifies PCR analysis for
research applications.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2GW0MK
    
    SOFTWARE AG  SOWGn.DE 
    Software AG said the company's IT infrastructure has been
affected by a malware attack since the evening of Oct. 3 2020,
but said services to its customers, including its cloud-based
services, remain unaffected.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2GW0PH
        
    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS
    CEWE STIFTUNG & CO KGAA  CWCG.DE  - 2.00 eur/shr dividend
proposed
        
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS  
    Dow Jones  .DJI  +1.7%, S&P 500 .SPX  +1.8%, Nasdaq  .IXIC 
+2.3% at close.  .N 
    Nikkei  .N225  +0.5%, Chinese markets closed.  .T   .SS 
    Time: 4:56 GMT

    
    GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA
    German August industrial orders due at 0800 GMT. Seen +2.6
m/m
    
    
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