FRANKFURT/BERLIN, Oct 17 (Reuters) - The DAX top-30 index
.GDAXI is expected to open 0.1 percent lower on Friday,
according to premarket data from brokerage Lang & Schwarz at
06:25 GMT. The following are some of the factors that may move
German stocks:
BANKS
The prospects of HSH Nordbank HSH.UL , IKB IKBG.F ,
Muenchener Hyp MNCHY.UL and another German bank to pass the
European Central Bank's stress test are uncertain, daily
Handelsblatt said on Friday.
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AUTOS BMWG.DE , DAIGn.DE , VOWG_p.DE
BMW indicated unchanged
Daimler indicated 0.4 percent higher
Volkswagen indicated 0.3 percent higher
Car sales in Europe rose 6.1 percent in September, helped by
strong demand in the region's top markets of Germany, Britain
and France, data from the Association of European Carmakers
(ACEA) showed. ID:nL6N0SB5SW
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AIRBUS AIRG.DE
Indicated 0.4 percent lower in early Frankfurt trade
Airbus said on Friday that it will adjust its A330
production rate to nine a month from ten a month as part of the
transition towards the A330neo production. ID:nFWN0SB023
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TAG IMMOBILIEN TEGG.DE
Indicated 0.5 percent higher
The real estate firm said on Thursday that the purchase
price for its share buy-back programme is 9.30 euros per share.
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AIR BERLIN AB1.DE
No indication available
The airline said on Thursday German authorities have
approved codeshare flights with Etihad for its winter schedule
after a decision announced a week ago to block the connections.
ID:nL6N0SB58N
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DF DEUTSCHE FORFAIT DE6G.DE
No indication available
The company said on Thursday it was removed from the
sanctions list of a U.S. government agency where it was included
in early 2014 for alleged violations of sanctions against Iran.
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ANALYSTS' VIEWS
ADIDAS ADSGn.DE - BofA Merrill cuts to "underperform" from
"neutral", cuts price objective to 49 euros from 60 euros
OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS
Dow Jones .DJI -0.15 pct, S&P 500 .SPX +0.01 pct,
Nasdaq .IXIC +0.05 pct at Thursday's close. ID:nL2N0SB31T
Nikkei .N225 -1.4 pct at Friday's close. ID:nL3N0SC2BQ
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