German stocks - Factors to watch on January 19

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19/01/2015 07:19

FRANKFURT, Jan 19 (Reuters) - The DAX top-30 index  .GDAXI  
looked set to open 1 percent higher on Monday, according to 
premarket data from brokerage Lang & Schwarz at 0658 GMT. The 
following are some of the factors that may move German stocks: 
     
    DAIMLER  DAIGn.DE  
    Indicated 0.2 percent higher 
    The supervisory board plans to extend the contract of the 
head of the company's China division Hubertus Troska, who is 
also a board member, the newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine 
Sonntagszeitung said on Saturday. 
     
    DEUTSCHE BANK  DBKGn.DE  
    Indicated 0.5 percent higher 
    The chief executive of Deutsche Bank's retail arm Postbank 
 DPBGn.DE  strongly advocates having Deutsche sell a large 
portion of Postbank's shares on the stock market rather than to 
another bank, a German magazine reported on Saturday. 
     
    HEIDELBERGCEMENT HEIG.DE   
    Indicated 1.6 percent higher 
    Cheap oil will reduce costs at HeidelbergCement, a spokesman 
told Euro am Sonntag magazine. "We will benefit noticeably from 
the low price of oil in 2015," the spokesman said. 
     
    MERCK KGAA  MRCG.DE   
    Indicated 0.6 percent higher 
    The world's largest maker of liquid crystals for display 
screens avoids a multibillion-dollar premium on the purchase 
price for Sigma-Aldrich  SIAL.O  thanks to a currency hedging, 
German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung said on Monday. 
     
    RWE  RWEG.DE   
    Indicated 1.5 percent higher 
    Municipal shareholders urge the utility to keep its dividend 
stable at 1 euro in 2014 and 2015 after the sale of DEA, German 
daily Rheinische Post said on Saturday, citing the treasurer of 
the city of Essen. 
    The company said in December that it would change its 
dividend policy from 2015, paving the way for lower payouts. 
     
    THYSSENKRUPP  TKAG.DE   
    Indicated 0.2 percent higher 
    The group will pay a 20 million euro compensation to 
Deutsche Bahn  DBN.UL  for unlawful agreements with other 
companies relating to the sale of elevators and escalators, 
German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung said on Monday. 
     
    SYMRISE  SY1G.DE   
    Indicated 0.6 percent higher 
    The scents and flavourings group is open to new acquisitions 
as it finalises the integration of Diana Group, the French food 
ingredients maker it purchased in 2014, Chief Executive 
Heinz-Juergen Bertram was quoted as saying in German weekly Euro 
am Sonntag. 
     
    WINCOR NIXDORF  WING.DE  
    Indicated 1.1 percent higher 
    The ATM maker reported a Q1 net profit of 25 million euros 
on sales of 640 million euros and maintained its forecast for 
the full year.  ID:nL6N0UU153  
     
    HELLA  HLE.DE   
    Indicated 1.8 percent higher 
    The manufacturer of auto headlights and electronics enters 
the small-caps index SDax  .SDAXI , replacing CAT oil  O2C.DE . 
 ID:nL6N0UU0D3  
     
    PATRIZIA IMMOBILIEN  P1ZGn.DE   
    Indicated 0.3 percent higher 
    CEO Wolfgang Egger is looking at properties in Spain with 
potential to recover from the financial crisis, and is 
considering more purchases in the UK, according to an interview 
in Welt am Sonntag. 
     
    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS 
    WINCOR NIXDORF  WING.DE  - 1.75 eur/shr dividend proposed 
         
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS 
    Dow Jones  .DJI  +1.1 pct, S&P 500  .SPX  +1.3 pct, Nasdaq 
 .IXIC  +1.4 pct at Friday's close.  ID:nL1N0UV29W  
    Nikkei  .N225  +0.9 pct at Monday's close.  ID:nL4N0UY18G  
     
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 (Reporting by Victoria Bryan, Thomas Atkins and Kirsti Knolle) 
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Keywords: GERMANY MARKETS STOCKS