German stocks - Factors to watch on March 28

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28/03/2018 06:16

BERLIN/FRANKFURT, March 28 (Reuters) - The following are
some of the factors that may move German stocks on Wednesday:
    
    BMW  BMWG.DE 
    German carmaker BMW BMWG.DE faces a U.S. lawsuit filed on
Tuesday that alleges emissions cheating on diesel vehicles
including its X5 and 330d models. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1R96BX
    
    VOLKSWAGEN VOWG_p.DE  
    EU antitrust regulators are seeking information on German
carmaker Volkswagen's tax deals with Luxemburg, Bloomberg
reported on Tuesday, citing a person familiar with the matter. 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1R95WM
    Unions at Volkswagen's Skoda Auto said on Tuesday the latest
wage proposal made by the carmaker was not satisfactory and that
they were ready to cancel some previously reached job
agreements. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1R96RQ
    
    METRO  B4B.DE  
    The retailer says it is trying a new approach to find a new
wage deal with employees at its struggling Real hypermarket
chain after two years of talks with trade union Verdi failed to
yield results.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1R90S0
    
    AIRBUS  AIRG.DE 
    Former Deutsche Telekom chief Rene Obermann is a favourite
candidate to become head of the board of directors at Airbus,
Handelsblatt reported.
    
    AAREAL BANK  ARLG.DE  
    Annual report due. The group reported preliminary results on
Feb. 28 and forecast a decline in operating profit in 2018.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASM000JTG
    
    AROUNDTOWN  AT1.DE 
    Proposed a dividend of 0.23 euros a share. Full year net
profit rose 71 pct to 1.5 bln eur, adjusted earnings before
interest tax depreciation and amortisation were up 60 pct tp 429
mln eur.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1R90YT 
    
    CANCOM  COKG.DE 
    Annual report due. The group published preliminary results
on Feb. 12, with core profit up 16 percent year-on-year.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASM000J77
    
    EVOTEC  EVTG.DE 
    Q4 results due.
    Evotec said on Tuesday it decided to begin preparations for
legal conversion into a European company, but will maintain its
two-tier board structure.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nEQ2pG9rJa
    
    SLM SOLUTIONS  AM3D.DE 
    Annual report due. The group reported preliminary results on
Feb. 1 and forecast annual sales will rise to around 125 million
euros this year.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASM000IRF
    
    SMA SOLAR  S92G.DE 
    Annual report due. The group published preliminary figures
on Jan. 24 and forecast 2018 sales of 900 million to 1 billion
euros. SMA recommended a dividend payment of 0.35 euros a share
and confirmed its 2018 guidance targets. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1PJ1PV urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASO0002PD
    
    HAPAG-LLOYD  HLAG.DE  
    Full 2017 results due. The group published preliminary
results on Feb. 28, with operating profit more than tripling.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1QI4FM
    
    HHLA  HHFGn.DE 
    Annual report due. The group published preliminary figures
on Feb. 8, with EBIT up by more than 5 percent.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASM000J2H
    
    SCOUT24  G24n.DE 
    Annual report due. The group published preliminary figures
on Feb. 13 and forecast high single- to low double-digit revenue
growth for 2018.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASM000J7Z
    
    WUESTENROT & WUERTTEMBERGISCHE  WUWGn.DE  
    Q4 results due.
        
    
    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS
    ISRA VISION  ISRG.DE  - 0.59 eur/shr dividend proposed

        
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS  
    Dow Jones  .DJI  -1.4 pct, S&P 500 .SPX  -1.7 pct, Nasdaq
 .IXIC  -2.9 pct at close.  .N 
    Nikkei  .N225  -2 pct, Shanghai stocks  .SSEC  -1.2 pct.
    Time: 5.16 GMT.  .T   .SS 

    GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA
    German GfK consumer sentiment index for April due at 0600
GMT. Seen at 10.7 points vs 10.8.
        
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