German stocks - Factors to watch on April 26
26/04/2018 05:48
BERLIN/FRANKFURT, April 26 (Reuters) - The following are
some of the factors that may move German stocks on Thursday:
ECB
The European Central Bank is set to keep policy unchanged on
Thursday, playing down worries over recent softness in the euro
zone economy and leaving the door open to ending its lavish bond
purchase scheme by the close of the year. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1S24EN
DEUTSCHE BOERSE DB1Gn.DE
Deutsche Boerse announces a framework for its strategy under
its new chief executive that aims to make the German company the
leading European exchanges group, as it reported an 11 percent
drop in net profit in the first quarter. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1S27A4
COVESTRO 1COV.DE
Q1 results due. Adjusted EBITDA seen up 18 percent at 998
million euros ($1.22 billion). Poll: urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1S16AA
DEUTSCHE BANK DBKGn.DE
Q1 results due. Net income seen down 34 percent at 379
million euros. Poll: urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1S16EN
The lender may also spell out strategy changes for its
investment bank on Thursday, a source has said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1S10FG
Separately, a spokesman for Deutsche Bank said the European
Central Bank will allow Deutsche Bank DBKGn.DE to use deposits
from its Postbank division elsewhere in the group, a move that
may reduce the cost of financing its various operations.
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1S269D
LUFTHANSA LHAG.DE
Q1 results due. Adjusted EBIT seen more than tripling to
81.3 million euros. Poll: urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1S23R6
VOLKSWAGEN VOWG_p.DE
Q1 results due. EBIT seen up 2 percent at 4.47 billion
euros. Poll: urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1S036K
Volkswagen AG has reached a $33.5 million settlement with
Maryland over state claims related to the German automaker's
excess emissions, court documents show. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1S21CT
AIRBUS AIRG.DE
Airbus AIR.PA plans to increase production of single-aisle
A320-family aircraft to 63 a month, a company spokesman said.
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1S27L8
Separately, Airbus and Bombardier BBDb.TO aim to close a
deal giving the European planemaker a majority stake in the
Canadian company's CSeries jetliner program by the end of May,
ahead of an initial timetable, two people familiar with the
matter told Reuters this week. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1S21CO
FIELMANN FIEG.DE
Q1 results due.
KION KGX.DE
Q1 results due. Adjusted EBITA seen up 7 percent at 164
million euros. Poll: urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1S15V7
KRONES KRNG.DE
Q1 results due. Operating profit seen down 14 percent at
55.3 million euros. Poll: urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1S037V
TAG IMMOBILIEN TEGG.DE
Q1 results due. FFO I seen up 17 percent at 33.4 million
euros. Poll: urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1S25AZ
WACKER CHEMIE WCHG.DE
Q1 results due. EBITDA seen up 11 percent.
AIXTRON AIXGn.DE
Q1 results due. EBIT seen at 5.2 million euros versus a
year-earlier loss of 12.7 million. Poll: urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1S24GG
DRAEGERWERK DRWG_p.DE
Full Q1 results due. The group reported preliminary figures
on April 16 and warned its 2018 EBIT margin would likely be at
the lower end of its forecast range. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASO0003BN
TELEFONICA DEUTSCHLAND O2Dn.DE
Eva Castillo Sanz resigns as chairperson of the supervisory
board with immediate effect, with a replacement due to be
elected in near future. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASO0003UA
DELIVERY HERO DHER.DE
Annual report due. The group issued a trading statement on
Feb. 7 and said it remained confident for its 2018 outlook.
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASM000J0D
DMG MORI GILG.DE
Q1 results due. The group already said on March 13 it
expected its Q1 order intake to grow to around 700 million
euros. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nF9N1QJ006
HYPOPORT HYQGn.DE
The group agreed to buy software firm FIO Systems for shares
and cash and said it would issue new shares as part of the deal.
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASO0003UF
TAKKT TTKG.DE
Q1 results due.
VOSSLOH VOSG.DE
Q1 results due.
SPRINGER NATURE
Springer Nature, the publisher of science magazines Nature
and Scientific American, is offering shares worth up to 1.6
billion euros in its planned initial public offering (IPO), it
said on Wednesday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1S2827
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS
RWE RWEG.DE - 0.50 eur/shr dividend proposed
ALSTRIA OFFICE REIT AOXG.DE - 0.52 eur/shr dividend
proposed
DEUTZ DEZG.DE - 0.15 eur/shr dividend proposed
HAMBORNER REIT HABG.DE - 0.45 eur/shr dividend proposed
SAF HOLLAND SFQN.DE - 0.45 eur/shr dividend proposed
EX-DIVIDEND
BEIERSDORF BEIG.DE - 0.70 eur/shr dividend
MUNICH RE MUVGn.DE - 8.60 eur/shr dividend
GERRESHEIMER GXIG.DE - 1.10 eur/shr dividend
ANALYSTS' VIEWS
KLOECKNER & CO KCOGn.DE - Credit Suisse cuts to "neutral"
from "outperform", cuts price target to 13 euros from 15 euros
OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS
Dow Jones .DJI +0.3 pct, S&P 500 .SPX +0.2 pct, Nasdaq
.IXIC -0.1 pct at close. .N
Nikkei .N225 +0.5 pct, Shanghai stocks .SSEC -0.9 pct.
Time: 4.48 GMT. .T .SS
GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA
German May GfK consumer sentiment index due at 0600 GMT.
Seen at 10.8 points vs 10.9.
EUROPEAN FACTORS TO WATCH WATCH/EU
DIARIES DE/DIA WEU/EQUITY
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