German stocks - Factors to watch on February 1

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG

01/02/2021 05:43

BERLIN/FRANKFURT, Feb 1 (Reuters) - The following are some
of the factors that may move German stocks on Monday:
    
    CORONAVIRUS
    Germany is ordering vaccines for 2022 in case regular or
booster doses are needed to keep the population immune against
variants of COVID-19, Health Minister Jens Spahn said on
Saturday, amid growing frustration in Europe at the slow pace of
vaccination.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2K50CF  
    
    SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS  SHLG.DE 
    Q1 results due.
    
    STABILUS  STAB.DE 
    Q1 results due.
    
    HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN  HDDG.DE 
    Heidelberger Druckmaschinen says its sale of Gallus Group to
Benpac Holding is not completed.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASN000RUZ
        
    EX-DIVIDEND 
    VERBIO VEREINIGTE BIOENERGIE  VBKG.DE  - 0.20 eur/shr
dividend
    
        
    ANALYSTS' VIEWS 

        
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS  
    Dow Jones  .DJI  -2%, S&P 500 .SPX  -1.9%, Nasdaq  .IXIC 
-2% at close.  .N 
    Nikkei  .N225  +1.4%, Shanghai stocks  .SSEC  +0.4%.  .T 
 .SS 
    Time: 5:43 GMT
    
    
    ECONOMY
    
    German December retail sales due at 0700 GMT. Seen -2.3%
m/m.
    German December Markit/BME manufacturing PMI due at 0855
GMT. Seen 57.0.
    
    
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