German stocks - Factors to watch on August 19

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19/08/2020 05:49

BERLIN/FRANKFURT, Aug 19 (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 1,510 to 226,914, data from the Robert Koch
Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Wednesday. The
reported death toll rose by seven to 9,243, the tally showed.
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    German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday urged Germans to
stick to rules aimed at controlling the new coronavirus, such as
wearing masks, to ensure schools can stay open and that Europe's
biggest economy continues its recovery from lockdown.
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    VOLKSWAGEN  VOWG_p.DE 
    Volkswagen's Mexico unit has agreed an increase in worker
pay and benefits of 5.46%, the local union for the German
automaker said on Tuesday, after the company froze worker
salaries in Germany this year due to the coronavirus crisis.
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    RWE  RWEG.DE 
    German utility RWE on Tuesday completed a 2 billion euro
($2.4 billion) share issue to back its expansion into renewable
energy, including its $480 million purchase of wind turbine
maker Nordex's project development pipeline.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2FK53U
    
    QIAGEN  QIA.DE 
    The company said it had launched QIAseq SARS-CoV-2 Primer
Panel for next-generation sequencing (NGS) of the coronavirus
genome.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2FK02I
     

    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS
    LEG IMMOBILIEN AG  LEGn.DE  - 3.60 eur/shr dividend proposed
        
    ANALYSTS' VIEWS 
    * DEUTSCHE EUROSHOP AG  DEQGn.DE : JP MORGAN CUTS PRICE
TARGET TO EUR 15 FROM EUR 25.80
    * JOST WERKE AG  JSTG.DE : JP MORGAN RAISES PRICE TARGET TO
EUR 38 FROM EUR 35    
    * HEIDELBERGCEMENT AG  HEIG.DE : CREDIT SUISSE RAISES PRICE
TARGET TO EUR 60 FROM EUR 56
    
    
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS  
    Dow Jones  .DJI  -0.2%, S&P 500 .SPX  +0.2%, Nasdaq  .IXIC 
+0.7% at close.  .N 
    Nikkei  .N225  +0.2%, Shanghai stocks  .SSEC  -0.3%.  .T 
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    Time: 4:49 GMT

    
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