German stocks - Factors to watch on June 18

Deutsche Euroshop AG

18/06/2021 05:42

BERLIN/FRANKFURT, June 18 (Reuters) - The following are some
of the factors that may move German stocks on Friday:
    
    CORONAVIRUS
    Germany reported 1,076 new infections and 91 more deaths.
    
    CUREVAC  5CV.DE 
    German biotech firm CureVac could allow its network of
manufacturing partners to be repurposed to make vaccines
developed by other companies should its own experimental shot
fail, its chief executive told Reuters on Thursday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N2NZ2DE
    
    BRENNTAG  BNRGn.DE 
    Brenntag on Thursday raised its full-year forecast, now
expecting operating EBITDA betweeb 1.16 - 1.26 billion euros.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASN001CC1
    
    SIEMENS  SIEGn.DE 
    Delivery startup Gopuff is buying software firm RideOS,
which is backed by Sequoia Capital and Siemens AG, Bloomberg
reported. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N2NZ46D
    
    VOLKSWAGEN  VOWG_p.DE 
    Volkswagen's Audi unit will stop introducing cars based on
petrol and diesel engines from 2026, Sueddeutsche Zeitung
reported on Thursday, citing comments made by Audi CEO Markus
Duesmann to labour representatives and top managers.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2NZ4TK
    
    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS
    FREENET  FNTGn.DE  - 1.65 eur/shr dividend proposed
    DEUTSCHE EUROSHOP  DEQGn.DE  - 0.04 eur/shr dividend
proposed
        
    EX-DIVIDEND 
    VARTA  VAR1.DE  - 2.48 euros/shr dividend
        
    ANALYSTS' VIEWS 
    SYMRISE AG SY1G.DE: JP MORGAN RAISES TO NEUTRAL FROM
UNDERWEIGHT
        
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS  
    Dow Jones  .DJI  -0.6%, S&P 500 .SPX  unchanged, Nasdaq
 .IXIC  +0.9% at close.  .N 
    Nikkei  .N225  unchanged, Shanghai stocks  .SSEC  -0.5%.
 .T   .SS 
    Time: 4:42 GMT

    ECONOMY
    German May producer prices due around 0600 GMT. Seen +0.7%
m/m, +6.4% y/y.
    
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