German stocks - Factors to watch on April 26

Draegerwerk AG & Co KGaA

26/04/2016 06:00

FRANKFURT/BERLIN, April 26 - The following are some of the 
factors that may move German stocks on Tuesday: 
     
    BASF  BASFn.DE , E.ON  EONGn.DE  
    Europe may end up with more gas than it needs if the Nord 
Stream 2 pipeline, designed to double the amount of gas Russia 
pumps to Germany via the Baltic Sea, is built, the European 
Union's most senior energy official said on Monday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N17S2W4 
    
     
    BAYER  BAYGn.DE  
    Q1 results expected. Earnings before interest, tax, 
depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) seen up 4.5 percent to 
3.07 billion euros in a Reuters poll among banks and brokerages. 
Poll:  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N17S35A 
     
    LUFTHANSA  LHAG.DE , FRAPORT  FRAG.DE  
    The airlines said it was cancelling most of its flights to 
and from Munich on Wednesday as well as most domestic and many 
European flights to and from Frankfurt and after union Verdi 
called on workers to stage a strike at airports across Germany. 
         
    RWE  RWEG.DE  
    RWE npower will reduce operating hours at its 1,600 megawatt 
Aberthaw coal-fired power plant in Wales from April 1 next year, 
it said on Monday, as the British power sector eyes government 
plans for all coal plants to shut by 2025.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N17S4W2 
     
    SIEMENS  SIEGn.DE  
    The industrial group will continue to buy software companies 
to beef up its core industrial business, its board member with 
responsibility for its digital factory division said on Monday. 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nF9N16O02C 
     
    THYSSENKRUPP  TKAG.DE  
    The company lost out on a $40 billion to build a fleet of 12 
new submarines for Australia.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N17S4PA  
    Separately, Thyssenkrupp is keen to grow its service 
business for elevators in China but it will take time, the head 
of its elevators business told Reuters, with conversion of new 
installations to maintenance contracts slower than elsewhere. 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N17S4QM 
     
    VOLKSWAGEN  VOWG_p.DE  
    Volkswagen has not fixed any of the 1.2 million cars in 
Britain affected by the diesel emissions scandal, a British 
transport minister said on Monday, despite the company having 
said it had begun software modifications to some models. 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N17S4VM 
     
    DMG MORI  GILG.DE  
    Q1 results expected. Preliminary data by DMG Mori in early 
March showed order intake of about 600 million euros ($675.12 
million), flat sales, slightly lower pretax profit in Q1. 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nF9N16400U 
     
    SALZGITTER  SZGG.DE  
    The steelmaker reported a slump in first-quarter pretax 
profit and reiterated its expectation that it would break even 
on the pretax level this year.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASM0003LH 
     
    TUI AG  TUIT.L   TUIGn.DE  
    Moody's upgraded TUI AG's corporate family rating to Ba2, 
stable outlook.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nMDYbVmFfT 
     
    STEINHOFF  SNHG.DE   
    The South African group said it was weighing its options 
after Fnac  FNAC.PA  raised its rival offer for Darty  DRTY.L , 
urging shareholders of Europe's largest electronics goods chain 
to hold off accepting the French retailer's bid.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN17S0T2 
     
    AIXTRON  AIXGn.DE  
    Q1 results expected. A Reuters poll of banks and brokerages 
sees Aixtron's operating loss increase by nearly 48 percent at 
13 million euros. Poll:  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N17S3HU  
     
    DRAEGERWERK  DRWG_p.DE  
    Full Q1 results expected. The company published preliminary 
figures on April 14, reporting a 16 million euros loss before 
interest and tax (EBIT).  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nEQ3Cy5H9a 
     
    SOFTWARE AG  SOWG.DE  
    The company confirmed Q1 figures and an outlook given in 
mid-April.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nF9N16O01G 
     
    STRATEC BIOMEDICAL  SBSG.DE  
    Q1 results expected.  
             
    HHLA  HHFGn.DE  
    The port logistics group appointed Angela Titzrath as its 
new chief executive from Jan. 1, 2017.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASM0003LE 
     
    GERMAN PELLETS  GWQCg.SG   
    The insolvent wood pellets maker has attracted takeover 
offers from several German and foreign investors, insolvency 
administrator Bettina Schmudde said late on Monday. 
 
         
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS   
    Dow Jones  .DJI  -0.2 pct, S&P 500 .SPX  -0.2 pct, Nasdaq 
 .IXIC  -0.2 pct at close.  .N  
    Nikkei  .N225  -0.6 pct, Shanghai stocks  .SSEC  -0.3 pct. 
    Time: 5.00 GMT.  .T   .SS  
     
    GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA 
    No economic data scheduled. 
     ECONDE   G7TODAY   
     
    EUROPEAN FACTORS TO WATCH  WATCH/EU  
    DIARIES  DE/DIA   WEU/EQUITY  
    REUTERS TOP NEWS  TOP/NEWS  
($1 = 0.8883 euros) 
 
 (Reporting by Maria Sheahan and Victoria Bryan) 
 ((Tina.Bellon@thomsonreuters.com;)) 
 
Keywords: GERMANY STOCKS/FACTORS