German stocks - Factors to watch on February 14
14/02/2020 06:28
BERLIN/FRANKFURT, Feb 14 (Reuters) - The following are some
of the factors that may move German stocks on Friday:
CORONAVIRUS
The Chinese province at the centre of the coronavirus
outbreak reported a record rise in deaths and thousands more
infections using a broader definition on Thursday, while Japan
became the third place outside mainland China to suffer a
fatality. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2AB6U4
DEUTSCHE BANK DBKGn.DE
An Australian investigator who helped bring criminal cartel
charges against Citigroup C.N and Deutsche Bank DBKGn.DE
told a court he met agents from another regulator in a cafe to
discuss the matter but the talks were "high level" only. Citi,
Deutsche, their client Australia and New Zealand Banking Group
Ltd ANZ.AX and several of their current and former executives
are accused of forming an agreement during an A$2.5 billion
($1.7 billion) ANZ stock issue to withhold selling unwanted
shares to prevent them from falling when they hit the market in
2015. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2AE161
WIRECARD WDIG.DE
Fourth-quarter earnings due. Earnings before interest,
taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) seen at 239.67
million euros ($260.19 million). Poll: nL8N2AC13H
VOLKSWAGEN VOWG_p.DE
January delivery figures due.
TLG IMMOBILIEN TLGG.DE
Laser system manufacturer LPKF Laser & Electronics will
replace TLG, a commercial real estate company, in the German
small-caps index SDAX on Feb. 18.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS
METRO B4B.DE - 0.70 eur/shr dividend proposed
ANALYSTS VIEWS
* THYSSENKRUPP TKAG.DE : JEFFERIES CUTS TARGET PRICE TO EUR
14.80 FROM EUR 14.95
* METRO AG B4B.DE : BARCLAYS CUTS PRICE TARGET TO EUR 13.2
FROM EUR 14
* METRO AG B4B.DE : BERNSTEIN RAISES TO MARKET PERFORM FROM
UNDERPERFORM
* FIELMANN AG FIEG.DE : BERENBERG CUTS TO SELL FROM HOLD
* COMMERZBANK CBKG.DE : MORGAN STANLEY RAISES TARGET PRICE
TO EUR 5.30 FROM EUR 4.80
* DIC ASSET AG DICn.DE : HSBC RAISES TARGET PRICE TO EUR 21
FROM EUR 20
OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS
Dow Jones .DJI -0.4%, S&P 500 .SPX -0.2%, Nasdaq .IXIC
-0.1% at close. .N
Nikkei .N225 -0.6%, Shanghai stocks .SSEC +0.2%. .T
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Time: 6:28 GMT
GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA
Preliminary fourth-quarter German gross domestic product
(GDP) data due at 0700 GMT. Adjusted seen at +0.1 q/q and +0.4%
y/y. Unadjusted seen at +0.2% y/y.
German wholesale prices for January due at 0700 GMT.
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