German stocks - Factors to watch on May 31

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31/05/2013 07:31

FRANKFURT, May 31 (Reuters) - The DAX top-30 index  .GDAXI  looked set to open 0.1 percent lower on Friday, according to premarket data from brokerage Lang & Schwarz at 0623 GMT. The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks: BAYER  BAYGn.DE  Indicated 0.2 percent higher Britain's healthcare cost watchdog NICE is recommending Bayer and Regeneron's  REGN.O  eye drug Eylea after a price discount was offered for its use on the state health service. ID:nL5N0EB20I  Related news  BAYGn.DE-E  COMMERZBANK  CBKGk.DE  Indicated 0.4 percent lower The lender's Chief Executive Martin Blessing told German daily Bild the bank had sufficient capital after its recent capital increase. "If business develops as expected, there won't be any plans for another capital increase," he was quoted as saying. Related news  CBKGk.DE-E  TUI AG  TUIGn.DE  Indicated unchanged TUI Travel  TT.L , in which TUI AG owns a 56.44 percent stake, said on Friday it would buy 60 new planes from Boeing BA.N  with a value of $6.1 billion in a deal which is so large it will be subject to shareholder approval.  ID:nWLB003AO  Related news  TUIGn.DE-E  SOLARWORLD  SWVG.DE   Indicated 1.3 percent lower CEO Frank Asbeck confirmed in an interview with Handelsblatt that Qatari joint venture QSTec was in talks with the group over taking a stake in Solarworld and said he would invest at least 10 million euros ($13 million) himself in the group.  Related news  SWVG.DE-E  BROKER ACTION: E.ON  EONGn.DE  - UBS RAISES TO "NEUTRAL" FROM "SELL" ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS FRAPORT  FRAG.DE  - 1.25 eur/shr dividend proposed HIGHLIGHT COMMUNICATIONS  HLGZ.DE  - 0.14 eur/shr dividend proposed OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS Dow Jones  .DJI  +0.1 pct, S&P 500  .SPX  +0.4 pct, Nasdaq .IXIC  +0.7 pct at Thursday's close.  ID:nL2N0EB1KY  Nikkei  .N225  +1.4 pct at Friday's close.  ID:nL3N0EC1EU  GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA April retail sales down 0.4 pct m/m real and up 1.8 pct y/y real.  ID:nL5N0EB3GJ   ECONDE   G7TODAY   EUROPEAN FACTORS TO WATCH  WATCH/EU  DIARIES  DE/DIA   WEU/EQUITY  REUTERS TOP NEWS  TOP/NEWS  ($1 = 0.7660 euros) (Reporting by Victoria Bryan, Christoph Steitz and Ludwig Burger) ((victoria.bryan@thomsonreuters.com)(+49 69 7565 1235)(Reuters Messaging: victoria.bryan.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net Twitter:@vl_bryan)) Keywords: GERMANY MARKETS STOCKS