German stocks - Factors to watch on February 10

Rocket Internet SE

10/02/2021 05:52

BERLIN/FRANKFURT, Feb 10(Reuters) - The following are some
of the factors that may move German stocks on Wednesday:
    
    CORONAVIRUS
    The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany
increased by 8,072 to 2,299,996, data from the Robert Koch
Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Wednesday. The
reported death toll rose by 813 to 62,969, the tally showed.
    German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to keep restrictions
to curb the spread of the coronavirus in place until at least
March 1, participants in a meeting of her own conservative
parliamentary group told Reuters on Tuesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2KF5WZ

    
    ROCKET INTERNET 
    Rocket Internet Growth Opportunities, a company formed by
Rocket Internet, filed on Tuesday with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission to raise up to $250 million in an initial
public offering, SEC filing showed.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2KF1GV
    
    QIAGEN  QIA.DE 
    U.S.-German genetic testing company Qiagen QIA.DE reported
better-than-expected quarterly earnings on Tuesday, citing very
strong demand for COVID-19 testing combined with improvements in
non-COVID-19 areas of its portfolio.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2KF36K
    
    GRENKE  GLJn.DE 
    German leasing firm Grenke said on Tuesday that criticism by
financial watchdog Bafin led to the resignation of board member
Mark Kindermann, but none of the findings suggest any direct
impact on company's balance sheet or profit and loss statement.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASN000TAC
    
    VOLKSWAGEN  VOWG_p.DE 
    Carmaker Volkswagen said on Tuesday that it expects chip
supply to remain tight in first half of 2021 but that it would
do everything to compensate for delay in production in the
second half of the year.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2KF6VN
    
    RWE  RWEG.DE 
    Greece's state-owned power utility Public Power Corp. (PPC)
 DEHr.AT  will set up a joint venture with German-based RWE
Renewables GmbH to develop solar parks, PPC said on Tuesday.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2KF71U
    
    DELIVERY HERO  DHER.DE 
    Forth-quarter results due 
    
    THYSSENKRUPP  TKAG.DE  
    First-quarter results due 
    
    METRO  B4B.DE      
    First-quarter results due 
    
    JENOPTIK  JENGn.DE  
    First-quarter results due 
    
    DEUTSCHE BETEILIGUNGS  DBANn.DE  
    First-quarter results due 
    
    DIC ASSET  DICn.DE  
    Full-year results due 
   
    
    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS
    
    SIEMENS ENERGY  ENR1n.DE  - no dividend proposed
    STABILUS  STAB.DE  - 0.50 euros/shr dividend
    

        
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS  
    Dow Jones  .DJI  unchanged, S&P 500 .SPX  -0.1%, Nasdaq
 .IXIC  +0.1% at close.  .N 
    Nikkei  .N225  unchanged, Shanghai stocks  .SSEC  +1.2%.
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    Time: 5:52 GMT

    
    ECONOMY
    German January CPI Final due at 0700 GMT. Seen 0.8% m/m,
1.0% y/y, harmonized seen 1.4%/m, 1.6% y/y.
    
    
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