German stocks - Factors to watch on March 8

Draegerwerk AG & Co KGaA

08/03/2018 06:11

FRANKFURT, March 8 (Reuters) - The following are some of the
factors that may move German stocks on Thursday:

    BREXIT
    Goldman Sachs is starting to move some senior bankers to
Frankfurt in preparation for Britain's exit from the European
Union, the investment bank's co-chief for Germany said on
Wednesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nF9N1QB022  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1QP3FF
    Britain's Standard Chartered  STAN.L  has started
interviewing candidates for about 20 banking jobs it is moving
to Frankfurt due to Brexit, the chief financial officer said on
Wednesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N1QP1BL
    
    CONTINENTAL  CONG.DE 
    Full Q4 results due. The company already published key
figures on Jan. 9 and said it expected 2018 sales to rise to 47
billion euros ($58.44 billion).  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1P43TD
    
    DAIMLER  DAIGn.DE 
    Executives at Daimler and Volvo Cars question the viability
and industrial logic of a plan by their major shareholder,
China's Geely, to form an auto industry alliance to counter
"tech invaders."  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1QP3EP
    
    LINDE  LING.DE 
    Q4 results due. Adjusted EBITDA seen up 1.3 percent at 1.05
billion euros. Poll:  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1QO2EZ
    
    MERCK  MRCG.DE 
    Q4 results due. Adjusted EBITDA seen down 7 percent at 998
million euros. Poll:  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1QO328
    
    SIEMENS  SIEGn.DE  
    Planned U.S. tariffs on steel send a bad signal on free
trade but won't have a big impact on Siemens, the German
company's chief executive said on Wednesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nF9N1QB021
    The German engineering group has attracted demand for all
shares on offer in the initial public offering of its medical
imaging and diagnostics business, one of the bookrunners leading
the transaction said on Wednesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1QP4WW
    
    AXEL SPRINGER  SPRGn.DE 
    Q4 results due. Adjusted EBITDA seen up 1.4 percent at 179
million euros. Poll:  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1QO4XP
    
    HUGO BOSS  BOSSn.DE 
    Full Q4 results due. The group published key figures on Jan.
16, reporting an acceleration in currency-adjusted quarterly
sales and stable core profit.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1PB0RV
    The supervisory board has extended the contract of the
company's chief executive officer a further three years to Dec.
2021.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1QP0T2
    
    
    LEG IMMOBILIEN  LEGn.DE 
    Q4 results due. FFO I seen up 20 percent at 69 million
euros. Poll:  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1QN4PD
    
    STADA  STAGn.DE 
    Q4 results due.
    
    UNIPER  UN01.DE 
    Q4 results due. Adjusted EBITDA seen up 30 percent at 390
million euros. Poll:  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1QN4TY
    The supervisory board extended the contract of Chief
Commercial Officer Keith Martin until 2024.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASM000K6S
    
    DRAEGERWERK  DRWG_p.DE 
    Q4 results due. The group published key figures on Jan. 12
and said it expected 2018 net sales growth of 2 to 5 percent.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1P70XP
    
    
        
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS  
    Dow Jones  .DJI  -0.3 pct, S&P 500 .SPX  unchanged, Nasdaq
 .IXIC  +0.3 pct at close.  .N 
    Nikkei  .N225  +0.5 pct, Shanghai stocks  .SSEC  +0.3 pct.
    Time: 6.11 GMT.  .T   .SS 
    
    
    GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA
    German January industrial orders due at 0700 GMT. Seen -2.1
pct m/m.
        
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