German stocks - Factors to watch on March 20

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20/03/2017 06:04

FRANKFURT, March 20 (Reuters) - The following are some of 
the factors that may move German stocks on Monday: 
     
    BMW  BMWG.DE  
    The German carmaker plans to invest $200 million in the next 
five years to train staff in the United States, Chief Executive 
Harald Krueger told Bild am Sonntag. 
     
    DEUTSCHE BANK  DBKGn.DE  
    The lender on Sunday said it would issue 687.5 million new 
shares from its authorised capital at 11.65 euros each, as part 
of an 8 billion euros capital increase.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1GW0IX 
    Annual report, capital increase prospectus due. 
     
    SIEMENS  SIEGn.DE  
    Chief Executive Joe Kaeser emphasized the group's commitment 
to strengthening U.S. manufacturing after a meeting at the White 
House on Friday, the company said. 
    The German industrial and engineering giant said a decision 
not to publish a manuscript about the company's recent history, 
including some findings about a corruption scandal, did not 
amount to a cover-up.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1GV0K7 
     
    VOLKSWAGEN  VOWG_p.DE  
    Munich prosecutors searched the offices of Volkswagen Chief 
Executive Matthias Mueller as part of an investigation into 
diesel emission test cheating at Audi, German weekly Bild am 
Sonntag said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1GV0TD 
    VW targets at least 20 percent sales growth in the United 
States this year using an aggressive pricing policy which 
positions the VW brand in a slightly lower price segment, U.S. 
chief Hinrich Woebcken told Automobilwoche.  
    Sportscar brand Porsche will invest hundreds of millions of 
euros in digital services to offset an expected decline in car 
sales in the coming years, its finance chief said on Friday. 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1GU3TW 
    A large stake in Porsche SE, the holding company which 
controls VW may be bought by other members of the Porsche and 
Piech clans before May 30, German weekly Bild am Sonntag 
said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1GV0RQ 
     
    INNOGY IGY.DE  
    The German energy utility is building 1,000 electric car 
charging stations with blockchain technology, Wirtschaftswoche 
said. 
         
    TALANX  TLXGn.DE  
    Full Q4 results due. The insurer said on Feb. 7 its 2016 net 
profit came to slightly more than 900 million euros and raised 
its net profit guidance for 2017 to around 800 million. 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASM0009BE 
     
    DEUTSCHE BOERSE  DB1Gn.DE , GFK SE  GFKG.DE , MLP AG 
 MLPG.DE  
    Financial services group MLP is to replace market researcher 
GfK on the SDAX  .SDAXI  index of German small-cap shares, the 
stock exchange operator said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1GU5VX   
  
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS   
    Dow Jones  .DJI  -0.1 pct, S&P 500 .SPX  -0.1 pct, Nasdaq 
 .IXIC  unchanged at close.  .N  
    Japanese markets closed, Shanghai stocks  .SSEC  -0.2 pct. 
    Time: 6.04 GMT.  .T   .SS  
         
    GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA 
    German February producer prices due at 0700 GMT. Seen +0.3 
pct m/m, +3.2 pct y/y. 
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Keywords: GERMANY STOCKS/FACTORS