BERLIN/FRANKFURT, Jan 27 (Reuters) - The following are some
of the factors that may move German stocks on Friday:
BAYER BAYGn.DE
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd's TEVA.TA Barr
Laboratories Inc has reached a $225 million settlement in an
antitrust class action that accused the drugmaker of keeping a
generic version of Bayer's antibiotic Cipro off the market,
court documents showed. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N1FH13U
DEUTSCHE BANK DBKGn.DE
The European Union's financial hubs must seize the
opportunity of Britain's exit from the bloc, or risk losing out
to New York, Singapore or Shanghai, Deutsche Bank CEO John Cryan
said on Thursday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1FG6KW
THYSSENKRUPP TKAG.DE
Thyssenkrupp Chief Executive Heinrich Hiesinger warned
shareholders that it would take time to forge a deal for its
Steel Europe business with a rival such as Tata Steel TISC.NS .
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Separately, he told a German newspaper that Tata must first
resolve the pension deficit at its British and Dutch operations,
before any merger of its steel operations with Thyssenkrupp.
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VOLKSWAGEN VOWG_p.DE
Volkswagen AG is set to plead guilty on Feb. 24 in Detroit
to three felony counts as part of a plea agreement with the U.S.
Justice Department to resolve an excess diesel emissions
investigation, a court filing shows. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1FG18Y
SMA SOLAR S92G.DE
Capital Markets Day due.
Separately, a majority of EU countries on Thursday opposed a
European Commission plan to extend anti-dumping duties on
Chinese solar panels for two years, according to EU diplomats,
putting pressure on the EU executive to review its proposal.
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SHW SW1.DE
Tesla confirmed on Thursday it was behind the cancelled
electric car order at supplier SHW, but denied it had anything
to do with political pressure. L5N1FG7KZ
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS
THYSSENKRUPP TKAG.DE - 0.15 eur/shr dividend proposed
ANALYSTS' VIEWS
LUFTHANSA LHAG.DE - HSBC raises to "hold" from "reduce",
lifts target price to 12.75 euros from 9.75 euros
AAREAL BANK ARLG.DE - HSBC cuts to "hold" from "buy"
MTU AERO ENGINES MTXGn.DE - Berenberg cuts to "hold" from
"buy", raises price target to 121 euros from 99 euros
STABILUS STAB.DE - Berenberg starts with "buy" rating, 65
euros price target
CORESTATE CAPITAL HOLDING CCAG.F - Berenberg starts with
"buy", 30 euros target price
OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS
Dow Jones .DJI +0.2 pct, S&P 500 .SPX -0.1 pct, Nasdaq
.IXIC unchanged at close. .N
Nikkei .N225 +0.3 pct, Chinese markets closed.
Time: 6.13 GMT. .T .SS
GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA
German December import prices due at 0700 GMT. Seen +1.3 pct
m/m, +2.7 pct y/y.
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