German stocks - Factors to watch on May 28

Duerr AG

28/05/2020 05:38

BERLIN/FRANKFURT, May 28(Reuters) - The following are some
of the factors that may move German stocks on Thursday:
    
    CORONAVIRUS
    The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany
increased by 353 to 179,717, data from the Robert Koch Institute
(RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Thursday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2DA0B4
    Germany will lift a warning against travel to 26 fellow EU
countries from June 15, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on
Wednesday, adding that Berlin would decide later on its travel
guidelines for other countries, including Turkey.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2D95MY
    Frankfurt's annual book fair - the world's largest - will
take place as scheduled in mid-October, its organisers said on
Wednesday, a sign of some return to normality amid the
coronavirus pandemic.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2D962U
    
    ALLIANZ  ALVG.DE  
    Allianz is one of two large European insurers gearing up to
sell billions of euros in life insurance assets, Bloomberg News
reported.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2D93E9
    
    DEUTSCHE BANK
    The heads of Deutsche Bank and BlackRock  BLK.N  on
Wednesday warned against too much optimism in financial markets.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2D961T
    
    LUFTHANSA  LHAG.DE  
    Lufthansa's $10 billion government bailout was thrown into
doubt on Wednesday after the German airline's supervisory board
refused to accept the conditions attached by Brussels.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2D94J2
    
    TELEFONICA DEUTSCHLAND  O2Dn.DE 
    The company said an independent expert intended to reject
the contribution of 1&1 Drillisch  DRIG.DE  to the firm's costs
for the spectrum auction 2015.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2D90J8
    
    
    ROCKET INTERNET  RKET.DE  -
    First quarter results due. 
    
    KNORR BREMSE  KBX.DE  - 
    First quarter results due. 
    
    BERTRANDT  BDTG.DE  - 
    Bertrandt said total revenues fell by 3.2% to 508 million
euros in the first half of the year.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2D90VD
    
    INSTONE REAL ESTATE GROUP  INS2.DE  -
    First quarter results due.  
    
    LPKF Laser & Electronics  LPKG.DE  
    Investor Bantleon is selling its nearly 29% stake in the
laser builder.   urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASN00079C
    
    
    
    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS
    E.ON  EONGn.DE  - 0.46 eur/shr dividend proposed
    MERCK  MRCG.DE  - 1.30 eur/shr dividend proposed
    DEUTSCHE PFANDBRIEFBANK PBBG.DE  - no dividend proposed
    DUERR  DUEG.DE  - 0.80 eur/shr dividend proposed
    
    EX-DIVIDEND 
    BECHTLE  BC8G.DE  - 1.20 euros/shr dividend
    EVONIK  EVKn.DE  - 1.15 euros/shr dividend
    FREENET  FNTGn.DE  - 0.04 euros/shr dividend
    HUGO BOSS BOSSn.DE  - 0.04 euros/shr dividend
   
        
    ANALYSTS' VIEWS 
    VONOVIA SE  VNAn.DE : JPMORGAN RAISES PRICE TARGET TO EUR 59
FROM EUR 56
        
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS  
    Dow Jones  .DJI  +2.2%, S&P 500 .SPX  +1.5%, Nasdaq  .IXIC 
+0.8% at close.  .N 
    Nikkei  .N225  +1.2%, Shanghai stocks  .SSEC  -0.4%.  .T 
 .SS 
    Time: 4:37 GMT

    
    GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA
    German May preliminary inflation data due at 1200 GMT.
Harmonised consumer prices seen falling 0.1% year-on-year and
rising 0.5% month-on-month.
    
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