German stocks - Factors to watch on May 15

DMG Mori AG

15/05/2020 05:12

BERLIN/FRANKFURT, May 15 (Reuters) - The following are some
of the factors that may move German stocks on Friday:
    
    CORONAVIRUS 
    The reproduction rate for the coronavirus in Germany
remained below the key threshold of 1 according to both the
conventional calculation method and a new, less volatile
measure, the Robert Koch Institute said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2CW800 Germany
meanwhile reported 913 new coronavirus cases and 101 more
deaths.
    Global coronavirus deaths passed 300,000 as infections
approached 4.5 million, according to a Reuters tally, with the
United States responsible for more than a quarter of all
fatalities.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2CX02Y
    The European Union's foreign policy chief called on China to
contribute significantly to the fight against the coronavirus
pandemic and said there should be an independent scientific
investigation into the origins of the pandemic.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2CW81Z
    
    
    BMW  BMWG.DE  
    The carmaker said that Norbert Reithofer was re-elected
chairman of supervisory board  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2CW7L8
    
    VOLKSWAGEN  VOWG_p.DE 
    Volkswagen and Ford  F.N  are pushing ahead with plans to
team up on electric and self-driving vehicles, Bloomberg
reported.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2CW413
    
    
    AURUBIS  NAFG.DE  
    Fiscal Q2 results due 
    
    GEA  G1AG.DE  
    Q1 results due 
    
    VARTA  VAR1.DE  
    Q1 results due
     
    
    DEUTSCHE EUROSHOP  DEQGn.DE  
    The shopping centre investor reported a slight decline in
revenue in the first quarter and said that the extent of the
lockdown would only show up in second-quarter results.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASN0006TY
    
    BORUSSIA DORTMUND  BVB.DE  
    Fiscal Q3 results due 
    
    WUESTENROT & WUERTTEMBERGISCHE  WUWGn.DE  
    Q1 results due 
    
    
    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS
    ROCKET INTERNET  RKET.DE  - no dividend proposed
    DMG MORI  GILG.DE  - 1.03 eur/shr dividend
    
        
    EX-DIVIDEND 
    BMW  BMWG.DE  - 2.50 eur/shr dividend
        
    
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS  
    Dow Jones  .DJI  +1.6%, S&P 500 .SPX  +1.2%, Nasdaq  .IXIC 
+0.9% at close.  .N 
    Nikkei  .N225  +0.3%, Shanghai stocks  .SSEC  +0.2%.  .T 
 .SS 
    Time: 4:11 GMT
    
    
    ECONOMY
    * German preliminary Q1 GDP data due at 0800 GMT. Seen at
-2.2% q/q
    * German April producer prices due at about 0600 GMT. Seen
-0.6% m/m, -1.8% y/y.
    
    
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