German stocks - Factors to watch on April 15

Draegerwerk AG & Co KGaA

15/04/2016 06:13

FRANKFURT, April 15 (Reuters) - The following are some of 
the factors that may move German stocks on Friday: 
     
    DEUTSCHE BANK  DBKGn.DE  
    Deutsche Bank agreed to settle U.S. lawsuits accusing it of 
conspiring with other banks to manipulate gold and silver 
prices. Terms were not disclosed, but both settlements will 
include monetary payments by the German bank.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N17H1IA 
    Separately, the lender said Pamela Root would replace Nadine 
Faruque as global head of compliance.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N17H5C8 
    In addition, Deutsche Bank said that an agreement had been 
reached to sell Maher Terminals USA, LLC, a container terminal 
in Port Elizabeth, New Jersey.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nBw4zxFTra 
    Also, the London City's status as financial hub is at risk 
from a Brexit vote, Deutsche Bank's chief executive told the 
Financial Times.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N17H4FG 
     
    THYSSENKRUPP  TKAG.DE  
    German daily Handelsblatt said the steelmaker could combine 
its steel operations with either Tata Steel  TISC.NS  or Arcelor 
Mittal  ISPA.AS , citing industry sources. Foreign players are 
seen as having better chances of a combination than with 
domestic players like Salzgitter  SZGG.DE , the paper said. 
     
    BILFINGER  GBFG.DE  
    Bilfinger on Thursday confirmed it had held talks with 
Thomas Blades and other potential candidates as the troubled 
German engineering services group searches for a new chief 
executive.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASN00018S 
     
    DRAEGERWERK  DRWG.DE  
    Draegerwerk on Thursday said currency headwinds and 
restructuring costs led to a 63 percent drop in full-year 
operating profit, forcing the German medical equipment maker to 
lower its dividend and an accelerate cost cuts.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N17H62L 
     
    EX-DIVIDEND  
    MTU  MTXGn.DE  - dividend 1.70 euros/shr 
     
    ANALYSTS' VIEWS 
    ALLIANZ  ALVG.DE  - Helvea Baader raises to "buy" from 
"hold" 
    SYMRISE  SY1G.DE  - Helvea Baader raises to "buy" from 
"hold" 
    TALANX  TLXGn.DE  - Helvea Baader cuts to "hold" from "buy" 
     
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS   
    Dow Jones  .DJI  +0.1 pct, S&P 500 .SPX  unchanged, Nasdaq 
 .IXIC  unchanged at Thursday's close.  .N  
    Nikkei  .N225  -0.3 pct, Shanghai stocks  .SSEC  -0.4 pct. 
    Time: 0512 GMT.  .T   .SS  
     
    GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA 
    No economic data scheduled. 
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 (Reporting by Edward Taylor and Christoph Steitz) 
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Keywords: GERMANY STOCKS/FACTORS