German stocks - Factors to watch on October 29

DMG Mori AG

29/10/2020 05:32

BERLIN/FRANKFURT, Oct 29 (Reuters) - The following are some
of the factors that may move German stocks on Thursday:
    
    CORONAVIRUS
    The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany
increased by 16,774 to 481,013, data from the Robert Koch
Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Thursday.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2HK0FU
    French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor
Angela Merkel ordered their countries back into lockdown on
Wednesday, as a massive second wave of coronavirus infections
threatened to overwhelm Europe before the winter.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2HJ0QL
    
    DEUTSCHE BOERSE  DB1Gn.DE 
    The exchange operator late on Wednesday posted a 9% fall in
third-quarter net profit, a greater decline than expected, but
left its guidance for the year unchanged. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2HJ7U5
    
    MAN  MANG.DE  
    The truck maker said late on Wednesday it expects an
operating loss of 550 million to 750 million euros in 2020, as
the impact of the health crisis weighs on its
business. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2HJ81C
    
    TRATON  8TRA.DE  
    The truck maker said late on Wednesday that it expects a
further recovery of business activities at the end of 2020, but
an overall decline in sales volumes worldwide due to the market
downturn.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASN000GV4
    
    FRESENIUS SE & CO KGAA  FREG.DE 
    Third-quarter results due.
    FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE  FMEG.DE 
    Third-quarter results due.    

    MTU AERO ENGINES AG  MTXGn.DE 
    Third-quarter results due.
    
    VOLKSWAGEN AG  VOWG_p.DE 
    Nine-month results due.
    AIXTRON SE  AIXGn.DE 
    Nine-month results due.
    SILTRONIC AG  WAFGn.DE 
    Third-quarter results due.
    
    SYMRISE AG  SY1G.DE 
    Nine-month results due.
    KION GROUP AG  KGX.DE 
    Third-quarter results due.
    WACKER CHEMIE AG  WCHG.DE 
    Third-quarter results due.
    GRENKE AG  GLJn.DE 
    Third-quarter results due.
    
    DRAEGERWERK  DRWG_p.DE 
    Third-quarter results due.
    
    LPKF LASER & ELECTRONICS AG  LPKG.DE 
    Third-quarter results due.
    NEMETSCHEK SE  NEKG.DE 
    Third-quarter results due.
    
    BEFESA SA  BFSA.DE 
    Third-quarter results due.
    DMG MORI AG  GILG.DE 
    Third-quarter results due.
        
    KRONES AG  KRNG.DE 
    Third-quarter results due.
    
    TAKKT AG  TKKG.DE 
    Third-quarter results due.

    VOSSLOH  VOSG.DE 
    Third-quarter results due.
        
    ANALYSTS' VIEWS 
    BEIERSDORF AG  BEIG.DE : BEIERSDORF AG BEIG.DE: HSBC CUTS TO
HOLD FROM BUY, HSBC CUTS TARGET PRICE TO EUR 107 FROM EUR 115
    RATIONAL AG  RAAG.DE : HSBC CUTS TO REDUCE FROM HOLD
    
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS  
    Dow Jones  .DJI  -3.4%, S&P 500 .SPX  -3.5%, Nasdaq  .IXIC 
-3.7% at close.  .N 
    Nikkei  .N225  -0.2%, Shanghai stocks  .SSEC  +0.1%.  .T 
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    Time: 5:32 GMT
 
    
    GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA
    German October preliminary CPI due at 1300 GMT. Seen 0.0%
m/m, -0.3% y/y, harmonized seen 0.0% m/m, -0.4% y/y.
Additionally, state inflation data due throughout the morning
    German October unemployment due at 0855 GMT. Rate seen at
6.3%.


    
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