German stocks - Factors to watch on February 26

Gerry Weber International AG

26/02/2016 05:56

BERLIN/FRANKFURT, Feb 26 (Reuters) - The following are some 
of the factors that may move German stocks on Friday: 
     
    GLOBAL ECONOMY 
    The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development 
(OECD) called on Friday on the world's 20 biggest economies to 
step up the slowing pace of reforms to boost economic growth 
amid sluggish trade and weak investment.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N16506R 
    Separately, Germany's Minister of Finance Wolfgang Schaeuble 
said on Friday that the expansive fiscal and monetary policies 
implemented by governments to spur growth might have laid the 
foundation of the next economic crisis.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nB9N0Q6028 
     
    BASF  BASFn.DE  
    Full Q4 results due. The chemicals company already published 
preliminary results on Jan. 27, as it announced a 
600-million-euro ($661.98 million)charge for the fourth quarter. 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N15B0HP 
     
    COMMERZBANK  CBKG.DE  
    Germany's shipping lenders are preparing for sustained pain 
as weakening trade and an over-supply of ships show no signs of 
easing, industry officials said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1643LE 
     
    DEUTSCHE BANK  DBKGn.DE  
    Germany's financial watchdog will take no further action 
against the lender over alleged interest rate rigging and 
precious metals price fixing, the country's biggest bank said on 
Thursday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1645TI 
        
    RWE  RWEG.DE  
    Court hearing due in RWE's suit against a consortium 
involved in the building of German lignite plant 
Grevenbroich-Neurath, demanding about 1.3 billion euros ($1.42 
billion) for "culpable breach of duty".  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N15H3G6 
         
    VOLKSWAGEN  VOWG_p.DE  
    A lawyer for Volkswagen told a U.S. judge on Thursday the 
automaker is making progress in senior level settlement talks 
with the Justice Department, Environmental Protection Agency and 
California to reach a resolution over excess emissions in nearly 
600,000 diesel vehicles.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1645XA 
    The carmaker's top committee has hired a German law firm to 
advise it on the liabilities the carmaker could face as a result 
of its cheating of diesel emissions tests.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N16456K 
     
    ELRINGKLINGER  ZILGn.DE  
    Q4 results due. 
     
    RHEINMETALL  RHMG.DE  
    Q4 results due. Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) seen 
up 68 percent at 133 million euros. Poll:  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1622WW 
     
    RHOEN-KLINIKUM  RHKG.DE  
    Q4 results due. 
     
    SALZGITTER  SZGG.DE  
    Full Q4 results due. Net loss seen widening to 32.6 million 
euros. The steelmaker posted preliminary results on Jan. 27. 
Poll:  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1633X4 
     
    NORDEX  NDXG.DE  
    Q4 results due. EBIT seen almost doubling to 32.3 million 
euros. Poll:  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1622VJ 
     
    SARTORIUS  SATG_p.DE   
    Annual press conference due. The company published 
preliminary results on Feb. 1 and forecast 2016 sales growth of 
10-14 percent at constant currencies.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN15E0BH 
     
    BVB  BVB.DE  
    Full H1 results due. The company published preliminary 
results on Feb. 19. Poll:  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN15X0AT 
         
    GERRY WEBER  GWIG.DE  
    Annual report due. The company published preliminary results 
on Jan. 26 and announced a restructuring programme.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASM0001JR 
     
    SGL CARBON  SGCG.DE  
    The carbon specialist said it expects a net loss of 275-295 
million euros for 2015, compared with 247 million euros a year 
earlier, after taking further impairment charges and 
restructuring costs.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1646CF 
     
    EX-DIVIDEND  
    DEUTSCHE BETEILIGUNGS AG  DBANn.DE  - dividend 1 eur/shr 
         
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS   
    Dow Jones  .DJI  +1.3 pct, S&P 500 .SPX  +1.1 pct, Nasdaq 
 .IXIC  +0.9 pct at close.  .N  
    Nikkei  .N225  +0.5 pct, Shanghai stocks  .SSEC  +0.6 pct. 
    Time: 5.56 GMT.  .T   .SS  
     
    GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA 
    Preliminary German inflation data for February due at 1300 
GMT. CPI seen +0.5 pct m/m, +0.1 pct y/y, HICP seen +0.6 pct 
m/m, unchanged y/y. 
     ECONDE   G7TODAY   
     
    EUROPEAN FACTORS TO WATCH  WATCH/EU  
    DIARIES  DE/DIA   WEU/EQUITY  
    REUTERS TOP NEWS  TOP/NEWS  
($1 = 0.9064 euros) 
 
 (Reporting by Andreas Cremer and Maria Sheahan) 
 ((maria.sheahan@thomsonreuters.com; +49 69 7565 1286; Reuters 
Messaging: maria.sheahan.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)) 
 
Keywords: GERMANY STOCKS/FACTORS