German stocks - Factors to watch on March 19

Gerry Weber International AG

19/03/2018 06:09

FRANKFURT, March 19 (Reuters) - The following are some of
the factors that may move German stocks on Monday:
    
    BAYER  BAYGn.DE 
    The drugmaker has run into supply shortages for intravenous
aspirin, used to treat acute cardiovascular conditions, due to
problems at a French contract manufacturer, weekly Der Spiegel
reported.
    
    DAIMLER  DAIGn.DE 
    The carmaker is in a 3 billion euro ($3.7 billion) push to
boost production capacity as its Mercedes-Benz Cars unit eyes
annual sales of 3 million vehicles, up from 2.4 million units
last year, an executive told weekly publication Automobilwoche.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1QZ0H3
    
    DEUTSCHE BANK  DBKGn.DE 
    A pay cap for Deutsche Bank management board members of 9.85
million euros  will also apply to the top executives at its
asset management unit DWS, the bank's board member Karl von Rohr
told Sunday newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1R01KE
    
    VOLKSWAGEN  VOWG_p.DE 
    Annual news conference of VW Financial Services due.
    Audi head Rupert Stadler told Sunday paper Welt am Sonntag
that the fully electric e-tron would be profitable from the
start.
    
    THYSSENKRUPP  TKAG.DE  SALZGITTER  SZGG.DE 
    German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese President Xi
Jinping discussed overcapacity in world steel markets and agreed
on Saturday to work on solutions within the framework of the G20
group of industrialised nations, Merkel's spokesman said.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1QZ0HM
    
    GEA GROUP  G1AG.DE  
    Chief Executive Juerg Oleas will quit the German food
processing machinery maker in April next year after more than 13
years in office, it said on Sunday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1R02AE
            
    GRAND CITY PROPERTIES  GYC.DE  
    The company proposed a dividend per share of 0.73 euro based
on a payout ratio of 65 percent.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASO00023Z
    
    ROCKET INTERNET  RKET.DE  
    Results due from unit Home24.
    Rocket Internet is exploring a stock market listing of
loss-making African online shopping platform Jumia, people close
to the matter said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1QY4MG
    
    TALANX  TLXGn.DE 
    Q4 results due.
        
    INDEX CHANGES AS OF MARCH 19:
    
    DAX  0#.GDAXI 
    IN: COVESTRO  1COV.DE 
    OUT: PROSIEBENSAT.1  PSMGn.DE 
    
    MDAX  0#.MDAXI 
    IN: PROSIEBENSAT.1, AROUNDTOWN  AT1.DE , ROCKET INTERNET
 RKET.DE 
    OUT: COVESTRO  1COV.DE , STEINHOFF INTERNATIONAL  SNHG.DE ,
SUEDZUCKER  SZUG.DE 
    
    TECDAX  0#.TECDAX 
    IN: AUMANN  AAGG.DE , ISRA VISION  ISRG.DE  
    OUT: GFT TECHNOLOGIES  GFTG.DE , ADVA OPTICAL NETWORKING
 ADAG.DE  
    
    SDAX  0#.SDAXI 
    IN: STEINHOFF, SUEDZUCKER, CORESTATE CAPITAL HOLDING
 CCAG.DE , JOST WERKE  JSTG.DE 
    OUT: AROUNDTOWN, ROCKET INTERNET, GERRY WEBER  GWIG.DE , MLP
 MLPG.DE  
    
    EX-DIVIDEND 
    DIC ASSET  DICn.DE  - dividend 0.64 eur/shr 
        
    ANALYSTS' VIEWS 
    SIEMENS  SIEGn.DE  - Liberium cuts target price to 115 euros
from 125 euros
    RWE  RWEG.DE  - Credit Suisse reinstates with outperform;
Target price 22.70 euros
    MUNICH RE (MUVGn.DE> - Jefferies raises target price to 215
from 210 euros


        
    IPO
    The chief executive of Springer Nature, the publisher of
Nature and Scientific American, told Frankfurter Allgemeine
Sonntagszeitung that an initial public offering (IPO) would be a
logical step but there was no decision yet. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1R01DC    
    
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS  
    Dow Jones  .DJI  +0.3 pct, S&P 500 .SPX  +0.2 pct, Nasdaq
 .IXIC  unchanged at close.  .N 
    Nikkei  .N225  -0.9 pct, Shanghai stocks  .SSEC  +0.2 pct.
    Time: 6.09 GMT.  .T   .SS 
    
    
    GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA
    No economic data scheduled.
    
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($1 = 0.8139 euros)

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