German stocks - Factors to watch on February 9
09/02/2015 06:14
FRANKFURT, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The following are some of the
factors that may move German stocks on Monday:
LUFTHANSA LHAG.DE , FRAPORT FRAG.DE
German trade union Verdi has called on security personnel to
go on strike at three German regional airports -- Hamburg,
Stuttgart and Hanover -- on Monday, leading airline Lufthansa
LHAG.DE to cancel 18 planned flights. ID:nL5N0VI0K9
Separately, German airport operator Fraport expects Greece's
new government to honour a $1.4 billion deal for Fraport to run
14 regional airports, its finance chief said on Saturday, in
contrast to other key privatisation projects halted by Athens.
ID:nL5N0VH0BH
VOLKSWAGEN VOWG_p.DE
The German carmaker Volkswagen has no plans to close any
factories as part of its cost-cutting plan, Chief Executive
Martin Winterkorn said on Saturday. ID:nL5N0VH0FG
DMG MORI SEIKI GILG.DE
U.S. hedge fund Elliott denied on Saturday that it had
reduced its voting rights in German machine-tool maker DMG Mori
Seiki AG, which is the target of a takeover bid by Japan's DMG
Mori Seiki 6141.T . ID:nL5N0VH094
METRO MEOG.DE
Big stakeholder Haniel said it would make no sense to sell
its stake in retail group Metro because the shares are
undervalued and because there are few other, interesting
investment opportunities, Haniel head Stephan Gemkow said in
newspaper Welt am Sonntag.
ANALYSTS' VIEWS
GEA GROUP G1AG.DE - Berenberg lowers to "hold" from "buy"
OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS
Dow Jones .DJI -0.3 pct, S&P 500 .SPX -0.3 pct, Nasdaq
.IXIC -0.4 pct at Friday's close. ID:nL1N0VG28J
Nikkei .N225 +0.4 pct at Monday's close. ID:nL4N0VJ08F
GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA
German December trade figures due at 0700 GMT. Exports seen
+1.00 pct m/m, imports seen -0.45 pct m/m.
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EUROPEAN FACTORS TO WATCH WATCH/EU
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Keywords: GERMANY MARKETS STOCKS