German stocks - Factors to watch on July 15

Draegerwerk AG & Co KGaA

15/07/2021 05:57

BERLIN/FRANKFURT, July 15 (Reuters) - The following are some
of the factors that may move German stocks on Thursday:
    
    CORONAVIRUS
    Germany reported 1,642 new infections and 32 more deaths.
    
    FLOODS IN WESTERN GERMANY 
    About 30 people are missing after six houses collapsed on
Wednesday night in the western German state of
Rhineland-Palatinate due to flooding and heavy rain, broadcaster
SWR said on Thursday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2OR0GK
    
    DAIMLER  DAIGn.DE 
    Mercedes-Benz maker Daimler AG on Thursday reported
preliminary adjusted group earnings before interest and tax
(EBIT) of 5.42 billion euros ($6.42 billion) for the second
quarter, with car and truck divisions beating analyst targets.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2OQ323
    
    HOMETOGO
    Travel tech startup HomeToGo became the first company to
seal a deal to float on the German stock market by merging with
a listed shell company, as it tied up with venture capitalist
Klaus Hommels' Lakestar SPAC I  LRS1.DE .  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2OQ58K
        
    SIEMENS ENERGY  ENR1n.DE 
    Siemens Energy on Wednesday scrapped its margin target after
wind power division Siemens Gamesa  SGREN.MC  was hit by
higher-than-expected raw material and product ramp-up costs.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2OQ2YW
    
    DRAEGERWERK AG  DRWG.DE 
    The company said business in the first half of the year was
significantly above prior year level, despite lower earnings in
the second quarter.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASN001G0Y
    
    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS
    SUEDZUCKER  SZUG.DE  - 0.20 eur/shr dividend proposed
        
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS  
    Dow Jones  .DJI  +0.1%, S&P 500 .SPX  +0.1%, Nasdaq  .IXIC 
-0.2% at close.  .N 
    Nikkei  .N225  -1.1%, Shanghai stocks  .SSEC  +0.2%.  .T 
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    Time: 4:57 GMT
    
    ECONOMY
    German July Refinitiv Ipsos Primary Consumer Sentiment Index
due at 1000 GMT.
    
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