FRANKFURT, March 4 (Reuters) - The following are some of the
factors that may move German stocks on Friday:
BMW BMWG.DE
BMW aims to raise the proportion of tech and software
experts in its research and development division to 50 percent
of staff, and may have to form partnerships with outside
companies because of a lack of available in-house expertise,
board member Klaus Froehlich told Reuters. L8N16A63D
DEUTSCHE BOERSE DB1Gn.DE
Germany's European Union Commissioner Guenther Oettinger
welcomed efforts to consolidate European exchanges through a
combination of Deutsche Boerse and the London Stock Exchange
(LSE) LSE.L , saying he hoped antitrust authorities in Brussels
would give the deal a fair chance. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N16B5ZH
INDEX CHANGES AS OF MARCH 21:
DAX 0#.GDAXI
IN: PROSIEBENSAT.1 PSMGn.DE
OUT: K+S SDFGn.DE
MDAX 0#.MDAXI
IN: STEINHOFF INTERNATIONAL SNHG.DE , ALSTRIA OFFICE REIT
AOXG.DE , K+S
OUT: KLOECKNER & CO KCOGn.DE , ELRINGKLINGER ZILGn.DE ,
PROSIEBENSAT.1
TECDAX 0#.TECDAX
IN: SLM SOLUTIONS AM3D.DE , SUESS MICROTEC SMHNn.DE
OUT: QSC QSCG.DE , LPKF LPKG.DE
SDAX 0#.SDAXI
IN: WASHTEC WSUG.DE , WUESTENROT & WUERTTEMBERGISCHE
WUWGn.DE , HAPAG LLOYD HLAG.DE , KLOECKNER & CO, ELRINGKLINGER
OUT: ALSTRIA OFFICE REIT AOXG.DE , MLP MLPG.DE , SIXT
SIXG.DE , HORNBACH BAUMARKT HBMG.DE , SCHALTBAU SLTG.DE
ANALYSTS' VIEWS
SIEMENS SIEGn.DE - Goldman Sachs raises to "buy" from
"neutral"
OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS
Dow Jones .DJI +0.3 pct, S&P 500 .SPX +0.4 pct, Nasdaq
.IXIC +0.1 pct at close. .N
Nikkei .N225 +0.3 pct at Friday's close, Shanghai stocks
.SSEC +0.4 pct.
Time: 0615 GMT. .T .SS
GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA
No economic data scheduled.
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