German stocks - Factors to watch on December 15

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15/12/2014 06:13

FRANKFURT, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The following are some of the 
factors that may move German stocks on Monday: 
     
    ALLIANZ  ALVG.DE  
    Allianz, which is integrating its Allianz Global Corporate 
and Specialty (AGCS) and Fireman's Fund commercial lines 
businesses in North America, said late on Friday AGCS executive 
Art Moossmann would take over as head of the combined business 
from Jan. 1. It added that options for the Fireman's Fund 
personal insurance business were still being considered. 
         
    BAYER  BAYGn.DE  
    The drugmaker has failed in a last-ditch attempt to block 
the sale of a cheap generic version of its cancer drug Nexavar 
in India, after the country's Supreme Court ruled against it on 
Friday.  ID:nL6N0TW3C1  
     
    COMMERZBANK  CBKG.DE  
    The company plans to raise the price of its banking services 
for corporate customers due to persistent low interest rates, 
board member Markus Beumer told a newspaper.  ID:nL6N0TY0J9  
     
    DAIMLER  DAIGn.DE  
    China could overtake Germany and Italy to become the biggest 
market for Daimler's mini car brand Smart in a few years, Smart 
chief executive Annette Winkler said on Saturday. 
 ID:nL3N0TW3YQ  
     
    LUFTHANSA  LHAG.DE  
    Lufthansa may soon face competition at its second biggest 
hub, Munich airport, from low-cost carrier Ryanair  RYA.I , a 
German magazine reported.  ID:nL6N0TY0GH  
     
    MERCK KGAA  MRCG.DE  
    Moody's downgraded the drugs and chemicals company's ratings 
to Baa1 with a negative outlook, citing effects of the multi 
billion-euro takeover of Sigma-Aldrich.  ID:nMDY3kzKl3  
    Separately, Merck lured in a gigantic 8 billion euro order 
book for its jumbo hybrid deal on Monday, while leads say it 
locked in the tightest ever coupon for the asset class. 
 ID:nIFP1nfZfS  
     
    AIRBUS  AIRG.DE  
    Airbus  AIR.PA  said on Friday that the delivery of the 
first Airbus A350 to Qatar Airways has been rescheduled for 
December 22.  ID:nL6N0TW3JE  
     
    DUERR  DUEG.DE  
    "China remains by far our most important market," Duerr CEO 
Ralf Dieter told Welt am Sonntag newspaper. "The oft-mentioned 
slump in growth is no issue for me because I don't see any 
slowdown." 
     
    HOCHTIEF  HOTG.DE  
    Moody's said Australian subsidiary Leighton's  LEI.AX  
credit rating would be unaffected by the sale of its unit John 
Holland.  ID:nMDY3Yklhm  
     
    RETAIL  MEOG.DE  
    German retailers are hoping Christmas shoppers will return 
to make last-minute purchases after warmer temperatures dampened 
sales in recent weeks, German retail association HDE said. 
 ID:nL6N0TY0MF  
     
    TUI AG  TUIGn.DE   
    TUI is in talks with investors interested in buying its 
stake in Hapag-Lloyd  HPLG.UL  as an option in its long-planned 
exit from the German shipping company, TUI's chairman told a 
newspaper.  ID:nL6N0TX08V  
 
    NORDEX  NDXG.DE  
    The wind turbine maker is mulling paying a dividend for the 
first time since listing on the stock exchange as part of 
efforts to create a long-term investor base, its chief financial 
officer told a German newspaper.  ID:nL6N0TX0A3  
     
    TELEFONICA DEUTSCHLAND  O2Dn.DE  
    CEO Thorsten Dirks aims to bring the company's network 
quality up to the level of competitors Deutsche Telekom 
 DTEGn.DE  and Vodafone  VOD.L  over the next two years, he told 
Handelsblatt newspaper in an article published on Monday. 
 
    CAT OIL  O2C.DE  
    CAT oil said it was informed by AB PCO Investment Ltd that 
the offer document published by Joma Industrial Source Corp for 
its mandatory takeover offer was allegedly incorrect in two 
respects.  ID:nEuLL66a  
         
    STABILUS  STAB.DE    
    Full set of FY results due. The automotive supplier already 
said on Dec. 2 that its 2013/14 sales rose 10.3 percent, with a 
6.2 percent increase in adjusted EBITDA at 92.5 million euros. 
 ID:nASN0005NT  
     
    SOLARWORLD  SWVKk.DE  
    The company plans to expand production by bringing part of a 
Bosch plant in Arnstadt back on stream and is also cooperating 
with Qatar Solar Technologies to build a production plant, 
Solarworld CEO Frank Asbeck told Handelsblatt newspaper. 
             
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS 
    Dow Jones  .DJI  -1.8 pct, S&P 500  .SPX  -1.6 pct, Nasdaq 
 .IXIC  -1.2 pct at Friday's close.  ID:nL1N0TW24G  
    Nikkei  .N225  -1.6 pct at Monday's close.  ID:nL3N0TZ06R  
     
    GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA 
    No economic data scheduled. 
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