German stocks - Factors to watch on January 13

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13/01/2021 06:02

BERLIN/FRANKFURT, Jan 13(Reuters) - The following are some
of the factors that may move German stocks on Wednesday:
    
    CORONAVIRUS
    The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany
increased by 19,600 to 1,953,426, data from the Robert Koch
Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Wednesday.
    Germany plans to tighten controls on people entering the
country as part of efforts to bring under control a surge in
coronavirus cases which is leading to record numbers of deaths
in the European Union's most populous country.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2JN2FP
    
    UNIPER  UN01.DE 
    The U.S. State Department this month told European companies
which it suspects are helping to build Russia's Nord Stream 2
gas pipeline that they face the risk of sanctions as the
outgoing Trump administration prepares a final round of punitive
measures against the project, two sources said on Tuesday.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2JO094
    
    BIONTECH  22UAy.DE 
    Pfizer  PFE.N  is investigating a post-vaccine death for
possible connection, Bloomberg reported. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2JN3V9
    Pfizer is considering seeking to register its COVID-19
vaccine in Russia, the TASS news agency cited the U.S. drugmaker
as saying on Tuesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2JN1IP
    
    E.ON  EONGn.DE 
    The group has issued a 600 million euro corporate bond.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASN000PLB
    
    PROSIEBEN  PSMGn.DE 
    Private equity firm KKR  KKR.N  is offering 11 million
shares in ProSieben, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2JN5PV
    
    ADLER MODEMAERKTE  ADDG.DE 
    The company said it has begun insolvency proceedings in
self-administration.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASN000PL2
    
    CROPENERGIES  CE2G.DE 
    9-month results due.
    
    SIXT  SIXG.DE 
    The company has expanded its management board to reflect its
new van and trucks division.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASN000PLB
    
    MORPHOSYS  MORG.DE 
    Incyte and Morphosys announced the acceptance by Health
Canada of the new drug submission for Tafasitamab.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2JN0X1
    
    MYTHERESA 
    Mytheresa said on Tuesday it aims to raise as much as $282
million in its U.S. initial public offering, valuing the German
luxury fashion e-commerce site at $1.58 billion.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2JN3CF
    
    EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETINGS
    CTS EVENTIM  EVDG.DE 
    
    ANALYSTS' VIEWS 
    SIEMENS AG  SIEGn.DE  - JEFFERIES RAISES TARGET PRICE TO EUR
145 FROM EUR 135 
    LANXESS AG  LXSG.DE  - JEFFERIES RAISES TARGET PRICE TO EUR
62 FROM EUR 50 
    SCHAEFFLER AG  SHA_p.DE  - EXANE BNP PARIBAS CUTS TO
UNDERPERFORM FROM NEUTRAL
    SMA SOLAR  S92G.DE  - JEFFERIES CUTS TO HOLD FROM BUY;
RAISES TARGET PRICE TO EUR 65 FROM EUR 57
    SHOP APOTHEKE EUROPE NV  SAEG.DE  - EFFERIES CUTS TO HOLD
FROM BUY; CUTS TARGET PRICE TO EUR 175 FROM EUR 120
        
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS  
    Dow Jones  .DJI  +0.2%, S&P 500 .SPX  unchanged, Nasdaq
 .IXIC  +0.3% at close.  .N 
    Nikkei  .N225  +1.0%, Shanghai stocks  .SSEC  -0.7%.  .T 
 .SS 
    Time: 6:02 GMT
    
    ECONOMY
    German December wholesale price index due at around 0700
GMT.
    
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