German stocks - Factors to watch on June 25

Hornbach Holding AG & Co KGaA

25/06/2021 05:46

BERLIN/FRANKFURT, June 25 (Reuters) - The following are some
of the factors that may move German stocks on Friday:
    
    CORONAVIRUS
    Germany reported 774 new infections and 62 more deaths.
    
    DAIMLER  DAIGn.DE 
    Mercedes-Benz USA said on Thursday sensitive personal
information of nearly 1,000 customers and interested buyers was
inadvertently made accessible on a cloud storage platform.
    No Mercedes-Benz system was compromised and no files were
maliciously misused, the company added.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N2O640M
    
    VOLKSWAGEN  VOWG_p.DE 
    Skoda Auto, part of Germany's Volkswagen Group, wants
electric cars to make up at least half of its sales in Europe by
2030 as it transitions from motor engines in the coming decade,
the Czech carmaker said on Thursday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2O64WE
    
    BOSCH
    Germany's Robert Bosch GmbH said Chief Executive Volkmar
Denner would step down at the end of the year after about 10
years at the helm to focus on research, and would be succeeded
by the head of the automotive parts business unit, Stefan
Hartung.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2O6549
    
    HORNBACH BAUMARKT  HBMG.DE 
    First-quarter results due.
    
    HORNBACH HOLDING  HBH.DE 
    First-quarter results due.
    

        
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS  
    Dow Jones  .DJI  +1.0%, S&P 500 .SPX  +0.6%, Nasdaq  .IXIC 
+0.7% at close.  .N 
    Nikkei  .N225  +0.8%, Shanghai stocks  .SSEC  +0.8%.  .T 
 .SS 
    Time: 4:46 GMT

    ECONOMY
    German July GfK consumer sentiment due at 0600 GMT. Seen at
-4.0

    
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