German stocks - Factors to watch on March 9
09/03/2017 05:56
FRANKFURT/BERLIN, March 9 (Reuters) - The following are some
of the factors that may move German stocks on Thursday:
ECB
The European Central Bank is set to keep monetary policy on
hold on Thursday as it casts a cautious eye ahead to high-risk
elections in the Netherlands and France during an upsurge in
populist, anti-establishment sentiment. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1GL3Z4
ALLIANZ ALVG.DE
Pacific Investment Management Co (Pimco) is replacing the
full slate of managers on its Total Return Active
Exchange-Traded Fund BOND.P and changing its name, a
spokeswoman for the fund management company said on Wednesday,
the latest transformation for what was once the largest actively
managed ETF. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N1GL0W1
BASF BASFn.DE
Sinopec Corp 0386.HK plans to boost investment in fine
chemicals at its Maoming-Zhanjiang refining base in southern
China alongside partners like BASF, a senior executive said in
an interview on Thursday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1GM1U9
E.ON EONGn.DE
The German utility has made a net loss of more than 12.4
billion euros in 2016, German newspaper Handelsblatt reported,
citing unspecified company sources. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1GL669
LINDE LING.DE
Q4 results due. Net profit seen down 8 percent. Poll:
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1GL2BJ
Separately, Linde's chief executive said in a letter to a
shareholder association that it is likely to take "several
months" to finalise a merger with Praxair PX.N , reiterating he
saw no need to ask shareholders to vote on the $65 billion deal.
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1GL63U
LUFTHANSA LHAG.DE
February traffic figures due at 1200 GMT.
MERCK MRCG.DE
Q4 results due. Adjusted EBITDA seen up 16 percent. Poll:
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1GK5QT
SAP SAPG.DE
The software maker is teaming up with Silicon Valley giant
Google GOOGL.O to allow customers to run SAP's big business
applications on Google's cloud while offering Google's suite of
web-based desktop apps to users, it said on Wednesday.
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1GL5VH
AXEL SPRINGER SPRGn.DE
Q4 results due. Adjusted EBITDA seen up 2 percent. Poll:
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1GJ4WW
HANNOVER RE HNRGn.DE
Q4 results due. The reinsurer on Feb. 2 raised its 2017 net
profit guidance and published preliminary results on Feb. 7.
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1FN1C9 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASM0009BB
HUGO BOSS BOSSn.DE
Full Q4 results due. Net profit seen down 26 percent. The
group said on Jan. 16 its 2016 operating profit would fall less
than feared following a fourth-quarter sales recovery in China
and Britain. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1F61C4 Poll: urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1GK39C
LEG IMMOBILIEN LEGn.DE
Q4 results due. Q4 core profit seen up 19 percent. Poll:
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1GK30C
RTL RRTL.DE
Q4 results due. EBITA seen down 4 percent. Poll:
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1GJ4MM
UNIPER UN01.DE
Q4 results due. Adjusted EBITDA seen down 59 percent. Poll:
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1GL53J
MORPHOSYS MORG.DE
Q4 results due. EBIT loss seen widening to 31 million euros.
Poll: urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1GL2TW
DMG MORI GILG.DE
Full Q4 results due.
TLG IMMOBILIEN TLGG.DE
Q4 results due.
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 +0.3 pct, Shanghai stocks .SSEC -1 pct.
Time: 5.56 GMT. .T .SS
GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA
No economic data scheduled.
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Keywords: GERMANY STOCKS/FACTORS