German stocks - Factors to watch on August 16

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16/08/2019 07:15

BERLIN/FRANKFURT, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Here are some of the
factors that may move German stocks on Friday:
    
    DEUTSCHE TELEKOM  DTEGn.DE 
    U.S. Representative David Cicilline urged Federal
Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai on Thursday to give
the public the chance to comment on a draft order that would
grant agency approval to the $26 billion merger of T-Mobile US
 TMUS.O  Inc and Sprint Corp  S.N .
    
    DEUTSCHE EUROSHOP  DEQGn.DE 
    Deutsche Euroshop said net operating income was nearly
unchanged in the first half of 2019 at 100.4 million euros 
($111.4 million).  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASP0015OA
    
    VOLKSWAGEN  VOWG_p.DE 
    July group sales due
    
    BASF  BASFn.DE 
    Several private equity suitors are considering walking away
from BASF's sale of its construction-chemicals business as the
auction becomes increasingly focused on corporate buyers,
Bloomberg reported https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-15/basf-s-3-billion-unit-sale-loses-steam-as-buyout-firms-exit,
 citing people familiar with the matter.

    HOCHTIEF  HOTG.DE 
    Hochtief's Australian division Cimic  CIM.AX  said its CPB
Contractor firm won a $424 million contract for the Campbelltown
Hospital project.
        
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS  
    Dow Jones  .DJI  +0.4%, S&P 500 .SPX  +0.2%, Nasdaq  .IXIC 
-0.1% at close.  .N 
    Nikkei  .N225  +0.2%, Shanghai stocks  .SSEC  +0.9%.  .T 
 .SS 
    Time: 6:15 GMT
  
    
    GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA
    No major economic data scheduled.
    
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