German stocks - Factors to watch on April 17

Gerry Weber International AG

17/04/2015 06:13

BERLIN/FRANKFURT, April 17 (Reuters) - The following are 
some of the factors that may move German stocks on Friday: 
     
    VOLKSWAGEN  VOWG_p.DE   
    A top-level Volkswagen AG committee meeting to try to 
resolve a leadership crisis caused by a rift between its chief 
executive and chairman ended after less than three hours but VW 
did not make the results public on Thursday.  ID:nL5N0XD177  
     
    DEUTSCHE WOHNEN  DWNG.DE   
    The company said on Thursday the acceptance level for its 
billion-euro bid for Austrian property group Conwert was under 
40 percent.  ID:nL5N0XD4N5  
     
    OSRAM  OSRn.DE  
    The lighting maker raised its forecast for 2015 
profitability on Thursday after its second-quarter results were 
boosted by favourable currency effects.  ID:nL5N0XD4RZ  
     
    RHOEN-KLINIKUM  RHKG.DE  
    Full 2014 results due. The company already published 
preliminary figures on Feb. 27 and said it saw its 2015 EBITDA 
coming to 145-155 million euros ($154-165 million). 
 ID:nASM0009BG      
     
    BB BIOTECH  BIONn.DE  
    The group posted a first-quarter net profit of 379.4 million 
Swiss franc ($396.7 million). ID:nFWN0XD067   
             
    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS 
    MERCK  MRCG.DE  - 1.00 eur/shr dividend proposed 
     
    EX-DIVIDEND  
    GEA GROUP  G1AG.DE  - dividend 0.70 eur/shr  
    GERRY WEBER  GWIG.DE  - dividend 0.75 eur/shr  
     
    ANALYSTS' VIEWS  
    RWE  RWEG.DE  - Berenberg cuts to Sell from Hold 
         
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS 
    Dow Jones  .DJI  -0.04 pct, S&P 500  .SPX  -0.08 pct, Nasdaq 
 .IXIC  -0.06 pct at Thursday's close.  ID:nL2N0XD2T0  
    Nikkei  .N225  -0.9 pct at 0513 GMT.  ID:nL4N0XE18T  
     
    GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA 
    No economic data scheduled. 
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($1 = 0.9403 euros) 
 
 
($1 = 0.9563 Swiss francs) 
 
 (Reporting by Victoria Bryan and Kirsti Knolle) 
 ((maria.sheahan@thomsonreuters.com; +49 69 7565 1286; Reuters 
Messaging: maria.sheahan.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)) 
 
Keywords: GERMANY MARKETS STOCKS