German stocks - Factors to watch on May 9

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09/05/2014 05:59

FRANKFURT, May 9 (Reuters) - The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks on Friday: MERCK  MRCG.DE  German pharmaceuticals and chemicals company Merck KGaA on Thursday said it had appointed Marcus Kuhnert to become chief financial officer, effective on Aug. 1.  ID:nWEB00MYM  Merck further said it would seek to delist AZ Electronic Materials  AZEM.L , after securing control over 97.85 percent of the company.  ID:nL6N0NU6AZ  Related news  MRCG.DE-E  SALZGITTER  SZGG.DE  The steelmaker posted a first-quarter pretax loss of 8.7 million euros ($12.1 million), compared with a 16.1 million euro pretax loss from a year earlier, thanks to its holding in copper producer Aurubis  NAFG.DE .  ID:nWEB00MYO  Related news:  SZGG.DE-E  EnBW  EBKG.DE  Q1 results due. The German utility is due to present first-quarter earnings. Related news  EBKG.DE-E  Koenig & Bauer  SKBG.DE  Q1 results due. The world's second-biggest maker of printing presses is due to present first-quarter earnings. Related news  SKBG.DE-E  Carl Zeiss Meditec  AFXG.DE  Q2 results due. The German maker of medical technology is expected to report its fiscal second-quarter earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) rose 5.5 percent to 34.7 million euros ($48.3 million), a Reuters poll showed.  ID:nL6N0NU3R1  Related news  ID:AFXG.DE-E  IPO  First day of trading in shares of German 3D printer maker SLM Solutions  AM3D.DE . The shares were placed with investors at 18 euros each, the lower end of a price range.  ID:WEB00MYP  Related news  IPO-E  ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS MERCK KGAA  MRCG.DE  - 1.90 eur/shr dividend proposed DEUTSCHE ANNINGTON  ANNGn.DE  - 0.70 eur/shr dividend proposed EX-DIVIDEND  BILFINGER  GBFG.DE  - 3.00 eur/shr dividend  LEONI  LEOGn.DE  - 1.00 eur/shr dividend  ADIDAS  ADSGn.DE  - 1.50 eur/shr dividend  MTU AERO ENGINES  MTXGn.DE  - 1.35 eur/shr dividend  TALANX  TLXGn.DE  - 1.20 eur/shr dividend  OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS Dow Jones  .DJI  up 0.2 pct, S&P 500  .SPX  down 0.14 pct, Nasdaq  .IXIC  down 0.4 pct at Thursday's close.  ID:nL2N0NU270  Nikkei  .N225  up 0.4 pct at 0455 GMT.  ID:nL3N0NV0JA  GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA March imports, exports and trade balance due at 0600 GMT. Trade surplus seen at 16.6 billion euros, compared with 15.7 billion in February. ECONDE   G7TODAY   EUROPEAN FACTORS TO WATCH  WATCH/EU  DIARIES  DE/DIA   WEU/EQUITY  REUTERS TOP NEWS  TOP/NEWS  (Reporting by Ludwig Burger and Edward Taylor) ((ludwig.burger@thomsonreuters.com)(+49 69 7565 1311)(Reuters Messaging: ludwig.burger.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)) Keywords: GERMANY MARKETS STOCKS