German stocks - Factors to watch on February 26

Deutsche Beteiligungs AG

26/02/2021 06:42

BERLIN/FRANKFURT, Feb 26(Reuters) - The following are some
of the factors that may move German stocks on Friday:
    
    CORONAVIRUS
    The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany
increased by 9,997, death toll rose by 394.
    France said on Thursday it would bring in new COVID-19
restrictions for the Moselle area around its common border with
Germany, as President Emmanuel Macron's government tries to
contain a coronavirus surge in the region.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2KV264
    Digital vaccination certificates enabling people to travel
in Europe despite the coronavirus pandemic will probably be
available before the summer, German Chancellor Angela Merkel
said after a virtual EU summit.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2KV9C3
     CureVac chief Franz-Werner Haas said on Thursday that
preliminary trials on animals of the company's COVID-19 vaccine
candidate show it is effective against the UK and South African
variants.

    DAIMLER  DAIGn.DE 
    Daimler has picked banks to help with the planned listing of
its trucks unit that the carmaker seeks to increase its investor
appeal as a focused electric, luxury car business, people close
to the matter said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2KV47E
    
    GRENKE  GLJn.DE 
    The German leasing business said its board had requested a
respective written interim report from Germany's financial
regulator BaFin about the current status of the ongoing audit.
    
    
    DEUTSCHE TELEKOM  DTEGn.DE  
    Deutsche Telekom reported forecast-beating fourth-quarter
results on Friday as its merged U.S. unit T-Mobile  TMUS.O 
continued to drive growth, and issued guidance for profit and
cash flow to grow this year.
    
    BASF  BASFn.DE  
    German chemicals giant BASF said it expects 2021 earnings to
recover from last year's slump, and was banking on pandemic
lockdown measures being eased.
    
    COMPUGROUP MEDICAL  COP1n.DE 
    The group said it would buy back shares worth up to 40
million euros.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2KV1DK
    
    BORUSSIA DORTMUND  BVB.DE  
    Full-year results due.
    
    KOENIG & BAUER  SKBG.DE 
    The group said it expects organic sales to grow by about 4%
in 2021.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nTUCBS45ZY
    
    EX-DIVIDEND 
    INFINEON  IFXGn.DE  - 0.22 euros/shr dividend
    DEUTSCHE BETEILIGUNGS  DBANn.DE  - 0.80 euros/shr dividend
    

    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS  
    Dow Jones  .DJI  -1.8%, S&P 500 .SPX  -2.4%, Nasdaq  .IXIC 
-3.5% at close.  .N 
    Nikkei  .N225  -4%, Shanghai stocks  .SSEC  -1.7%.  .T 
 .SS 
    Time: 6:41 GMT

    ECONOMY
    German January import prices due at 0700 GMT. Seen 0.9% m/m,
-2.1% y/y.  
    
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