German stocks - Factors to watch on April 27

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27/04/2016 05:54

BERLIN/FRANKFURT, April 27 (Reuters) - The following are 
some of the factors that may move German stocks on Wednesday: 
 
    ECB 
    The European Central Bank is likely to decide at its May 4 
Governing Council meeting to scrap the 500-euro banknote, a 
source familiar with the discussion said, a move that could add 
to the ECB's tensions with Germany.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N17T6R7 
     
    BASF  BASFn.DE  
    The chemicals group is open to acquisitions, Handelsblatt 
reported, citing chief executive Kurt Bock.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N17T6ST 
     
    DEUTSCHE BANK  DBKGn.DE  
    Management expects the lender's flood of legal disputes to 
abate over the coming months, daily Bild quoted co-Chief 
Executive Juergen Fitschen as saying after a Munich court 
acquitted him of charges of misleading the court in another 
case. 
         
    DEUTSCHE BOERSE  DB1Gn.DE  
    Q1 results expected after market close. 
         
    E.ON  EONGn.DE  
    Germany's biggest utility expects its operating profit to 
rise next year, Chief Financial Officer Michael Sen told 
analysts on Tuesday, pointing to a large contribution from the 
group's renewable operations.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N17T4PI 
     
    LUFTHANSA  LHAG.DE  
    German airline Lufthansa is hit by a German union strike at 
airports, including hubs in Frankfurt and Munich, and has said 
it had to cancel nearly 900 of its flights.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN17T098 
    
    RWE  RWEG.DE  
    A nuclear power plant in Germany has been found to be 
infected with computer viruses, but they appear not to have 
posed a threat to the facility's operations because it is 
isolated from the Internet, the station's operator said on 
Tuesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N17T6ZD 
     
    VOLKSWAGEN  VOWG_p.DE  
    Europe's largest automaker eclipsed Toyota  7203.T  as the 
world's top-selling carmaker in the first quarter as the 
Japanese rival grappled with a series of production stoppages. 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N17T5O5 
     
    KION GROUP  KGX.DE  
    Q1 results expected. First-quarter adjusted earnings before 
interest, taxes and amortization (EBITA) are seen up 8.1 percent 
to 101 million euros in a Reuters poll among banks and 
brokerages. Poll:  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N17S2WR    
     
    OSRAM  OSRn.DE  
    Q2 results expected. Preliminary second-quarter results from 
April 21 show that the German lighting maker's revenue rose by 3 
percent to 1.426 billion euros on a yearly basis. Preliminary 
results:  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nGLF70hSRY 
     
    QIAGEN NV  QGEN.DE  
    Q1 results expected after market close. A Reuters poll among 
bankers and brokerages sees first-quarter adjusted earnings 
before interest and taxes (EBIT) down 13 percent to $58.6 
million. Poll:  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N17P3V2   
     
    COMDIRECT  CDBG.DE  
    Q1 results expected. 
     
    HAMBORNER REIT  HABG.DE  
    Q1 results expected.  
     
    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS 
    MUNICH RE  MUVGn.DE  - 8.25 eur/shr dividend proposed 
    DRAEGERWERK  DRWG_p.DE  - 0.19 eur/shr dividend proposed 
         
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS   
    Dow Jones  .DJI  +0.1 pct, S&P 500 .SPX  +0.2 pct, Nasdaq 
 .IXIC  -0.2 pct at close.  .N  
    Nikkei  .N225  -0.4 pct, Shanghai stocks  .SSEC  unchanged. 
    Time: 4.54 GMT.  .T   .SS  
     
    GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA 
    German May GfK Consumer Sentiment Index due at 0600 GMT. 
Seen to remain stable at 9.4. 
     
    EUROPEAN FACTORS TO WATCH  WATCH/EU  
    DIARIES  DE/DIA   WEU/EQUITY  
    REUTERS TOP NEWS  TOP/NEWS  
 
 (Reporting by Andreas Cremer and Maria Sheahan) 
 ((Tina.Bellon@thomsonreuters.com;)) 
 
Keywords: GERMANY STOCKS/FACTORS