German stocks - Factors to watch on May 13

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13/05/2021 05:52

BERLIN/FRANKFURT, May 13 (Reuters) - The following are some
of the factors that may move German stocks on Thursday:
    
    CORONAVIRUS
    Germany reported 17,419 new infections and 278 more deaths.
    
    ECONOMY
    Germany is working on proposals to set minimum fares for air
tickets in a bid to tempt passengers onto less environmentally
harmful forms of transport, Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said on
Wednesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2MZ2UQ
     
    QIAGEN  QIA.DE   QGEN.K 
    Qiagen said on Wednesday it received U.S. FDA emergency use
authorization for digital test to detect Sars-Cov-2 coronavirus
antibodies.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASN0016Y1
    
    VOLKSWAGEN AG  VOWG_p.DE  
    Volkswagen and self-driving startup Argo AI will launch
international autonomous driving trials of the all-electric VW
ID.BUZZ microbus this summer, the German automaker said on
Wednesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2MZ4GA
        
    EX-DIVIDEND
     
    ADIDAS  ADSGn.DE  - 3.00 euros/shr dividend
    BMW  BMWG.DE  - 1.90 euros/shr dividend
    SAP  SAPG.DE  - 1.85 euros/shr dividend
    NEMETSCHEK  NEKG.DE  - 0.30 euros/shr dividend
    RATIONAL  RAAG.DE  - 4.80 euros/shr dividend
    SOFTWARE  SOWGn.DE  - 0.76 euros/shr dividend
    WACKER CHEMIE  WCHG.DE  - 2.00 euros/shr dividend
    PFEIFFER VACUUM  PV.DE  - 1.60 euros/shr dividend
    DEUTSCHE PFANDBRIEFBANK  PBBG.DE  - 0.26 euros/shr dividend
        
    ANALYSTS' VIEWS 
    BAYER  BAYGn.DE  - CREDIT SUISSE RAISES TARGET PRICE TO EUR
60 FROM EUR 56
    MERCK  MRCG.DE  - JP MORGAN RAISES TARGET PRICE TO EUR 165
FROM EUR 160
        
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS  
    !RIC {.DJI} is invalid S&P 500 .SPX  -2.1%, Nasdaq  .IXIC 
-2.7% at close.  .N 
    Nikkei  .N225  -1.8%, Shanghai stocks  .SSEC  -0.7%.  .T 
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    Time: 4:52 GMT
    
    ECONOMY
    No major German economic data scheduled.
    
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