German stocks - Factors to watch on September 18

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18/09/2014 07:51

FRANKFURT, Sept 18 (Reuters) - The following are some of the 
factors that may move German stocks on Thursday: 
     
    BAYER  BAYGn.DE  
    Bayer plans a supervisory board meeting on Thursday, a 
source close to the matter told Reuters, one day after the Wall 
Street Journal Deutschland said the firm plans to sell its 
plastics business with an estimated value of about 8 billion 
euros. Bayer declined to comment.  ID:nWEA00FQF5  
    Related news  BAYGn.DE-E  
     
    DAIMLER  DAIGn.DE  
   Several hundred jobs may be at risk at a Mercedes plant in 
Duesseldorf, the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung reported on 
Wednesday. Daimler was not immediately available for comment. 
    Related news  DAIGn.DE-E  
     
    DEUTSCHE BOERSE  DB1Gn.DE  
    Deutsche Boerse stopped advertising German listings to 
Chinese companies who seek to go public already one year ago, 
the German stock exchange operator said one day after a 
German-listed Chinese shoemaker said top managers and cash had 
vanished. 
    Related news  ID:nL6N0RI38E  
     
    DEUTSCHE TELEKOM  DTEGn.DE  
    Classified advertising firm Scout24, in which Telekom owns a 
30 percent stake, on Wednesday confirmed it was exploring the 
possibility of an IPO.  ID:nL6N0RI3KG  
    Separately, EU telecoms regulators plan to scrap price caps 
on fixed phone calls in Europe in a move likely to give a 
revenue boost to telecoms operators.  ID:nL6N0RG3E3  
    Related news  DTEGn.DE-E  
         
    RWE  RWEG.DE  
    RWE has been unable to complete a hard coal power plant in 
Hamm in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, it said on 
Wednesday.  ID:nL6N0RI4JL  
    Related news  RWEG.DE-E  
     
    AXEL SPRINGER  SPRGn.DE  
    Russian lawmakers proposed cutting foreign ownership in 
Russian media assets to 20 percent in an attempt to limit 
outside influences and protect Russia's "information 
sovereignty", a copy of a draft law showed on Wednesday. 
     ID:nL6N0RI2FP  
    Related news  SPRGn.DE-E  
     
    IPOs 
    Zalando  IPO-ZLDO.F , Europe's biggest dedicated online 
fashion retailer, set a price range for its initial public 
offering of 18.00 to 22.50 euros per share, it said on 
Wednesday, valuing the company at up to 5.6 billion euros. 
    Scout24, see Deutsche Telekom item above. 
     ID:nL6N0RI4UX  
    Related news  IPO-DE-E  
      
    EVOTEC  EVTG.DE  
    Evotec said it took legal steps agains Israel-based 
privately held company Andromeda Biotech.    
    Company statement  ID:nEQ7PNNd3a  
     
    HENKEL  HNKG_p.DE  
    Henkel says buys privately held Bergquist Company. 
    Related News  ID:nWEA00FQ9  
     
    LLOYD FUNDS  L10G.DE  
    Lloyd Funds reports H1 net profit. 
    Company statement  ID:nWEA00FQ3  
     
    ANALYSTS' VIEWS  
    LUFTHANSA  LHAG.DE  - HSBC cuts to "neutral" from 
"overweight" 
    ALLIANZ  ALVG.DE  - UBS starts with "buy" rating, adds to 
European "key calls" list 
    STADA ARZNEIMITTEL  STAGn.DE  - Jeffries raises price target 
to 29.50 euros from 26 euros 
     
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS 
    Dow Jones  .DJI  up 0.15 pct, S&P 500  .SPX  0.13 pct, 
Nasdaq  .IXIC  0.21 pct at Wednesday's close.  ID:nL1N0RI2P4  
    Nikkei  .N225  up 1.1 percent to 16,063 after hitting its 
highest point since January.  ID:nL3N0RJ0C8  
     
    EUROPEAN FACTORS TO WATCH  WATCH/EU  
    DIARIES  DE/DIA   WEU/EQUITY  
    REUTERS TOP NEWS  TOP/NEWS  
 
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Keywords: GERMANY MARKETS STOCKS