German stocks - Factors to watch on December 17

Duerr AG

17/12/2020 05:45

BERLIN/FRANKFURT, Dec 17 (Reuters) - The following are some
of the factors that may move German stocks on Thursday:
    
    CORONAVIRUS
    Germany reported 26,923 new infections and 698 more deaths.
    Germany will roll out the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against
COVID-19 on Dec. 27, with priority given to the elderly in care
homes, Berlin's city government said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2IW0G1
    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said that extra doses
from vials of Pfizer's  PFE.N  COVID-19 vaccine can be used
after reports of vaccine doses being thrown away by pharmacists
due to labelling confusion.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2IX0BP
    President-elect Joe Biden will get the coronavirus vaccine
as soon as next week, transition officials said, as U.S.
authorities try to build public confidence in a measure that
promises to stanch the deadly pandemic.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2IW14F
    Asian stocks perched near record heights, the dollar
languished at two-year lows and oil prices stood at their
strongest since March, as monetary support and the hope of
fiscal stimulus in the U.S. put traders in a festive mood.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2IX04W
    
    
    DUERR  DUEG.DE 
    The company said it is buying a 75% stake in Teamtechnik
Maschinen und Anlagen, not disclosing a purchase price.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2IW0JA
    
    AIRBUS  AIRG.DE 
    The United States and Europe should agree to cooperate in
opposing any future "hurtful" subsidies used by China to build
up its commercial aircraft industry, U.S. Trade Representative
Robert Lighthizer told Reuters in an interview.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2IW3FJ
    
    
    SNP SCHNEIDER  SHFG.DE 
    The software company said it intends to sell its SAP
services business in Poland to All for One Group SE. 
    
        
    ANALYSTS' VIEWS 
    K+S  SDFGn.DE  - BAADER HELVEA CUTS TO ADD FROM BUY
    
        
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS  
    Dow Jones  .DJI  -0.2%, S&P 500 .SPX  +0.2%, Nasdaq  .IXIC 
+0.5% at close.  .N 
    Nikkei  .N225  +0.2%, Shanghai stocks  .SSEC  +0.8%.  .T 
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    Time: 5:45 GMT
    
    
    ECONOMY
    No major German economic scheduled
    
    
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