German stocks - Factors to watch on Dec. 17
17/12/2018 05:54
BERLIN, Dec 17 (Reuters) - The following are some of the
factors that may move German stocks on Monday:
M&A
Berlin plans to cut to 10 percent the threshold at which it
can launch national security probes of stake purchases by
non-European companies in German firms, business newspaper
Handelsblatt reported on Sunday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1YL08A
INSURANCE ALVG.DE MUVGn.DE
Europe's biggest insurers successfully withstood the latest
tests of their ability to cope with severe market shocks, the
European Union's insurance watchdog said on Friday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1YJ5KX
DEUTSCHE BANK DBKGn.DE
Qatar is considering increasing its stake in Deutsche Bank
DBKGn.DE , Handelsblatt reported on Sunday. Deutsche declined
to comment. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1YL0L9.
DEUTSCHE TELEKOM DTEGn.DE
T-Mobile US Inc TMUS.O and Sprint Corp S.N believe their
foreign owners' offer to stop using Huawei Technologies
equipment will help with the United States clearing their $26
billion merger deal, sources said, underscoring the lengths to
which Washington has gone to shut out the Chinese company.
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1YJ1GE
HENKEL HNKG_p.DE
Chief Executive Hans Van Bylen said the group was sticking
with its structure with three different business areas and would
strengthen them with acquisitions, according to an interview in
Sueddeutsche Zeitung.
VOLKSWAGEN VOWG_p.DE
Talks with Ford F.N on the two companies cooperating are
progressing, though a few details still need to be worked out,
the German carmaker said on Friday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1YJ5H0
Volkswagen cancelled a supervisory board meeting slated for
Thursday amid setbacks in Ford cooperation talks, two sources
said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1YJ5IZ
MTU MTXGn.DE
The German aerospace company plans to buy back shares from
2020 at the earliest, the company's finance chief said in an
interview in Saturday's Boersen-Zeitung.
UNIPER UN01.DE , WINTERSHALL BASFn.DE
Germany's economy minister said he believed the
Russian-backed Nord Stream 2 pipeline can go ahead while
preserving Ukraine's vital interests, but that Berlin is also in
talks to diversify its energy supply with liquefied natural gas.
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1YL07E
DEUTSCHE BAHN DBN.UL
The German railway company said on Saturday that it had
reached a wage agreement with the EVG union following a walkout
earlier this week. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1YK09K
EX-DIVIDEND
KWS SAAT KWSG.DE - 3.20 euros/shr dividend
OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS
Dow Jones .DJI -2 pct, S&P 500 .SPX -1.9 pct, Nasdaq
.IXIC -2.3 pct at close. .N
Nikkei .N225 +0.7 pct, Shanghai stocks .SSEC +0.1 pct.
.T .SS
Time: 5:54 GMT.
GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA
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