German stocks - Factors to watch on March 12

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12/03/2021 05:39

BERLIN/FRANKFURT, March 12 (Reuters) - The following are
some of the factors that may move German stocks on Friday:
    
    CORONAVIRUS
    Germany reported 12,834new infections and 252 more deaths.
    Pfizer Inc  PFE.N  and BioNTech SE  BNTX.O  said on Thursday
that real-world data from Israel suggests their COVID-19 vaccine
is 94% effective in preventing asymptomatic infections, meaning
it could significantly reduce transmission. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2L90Z0
    
    DAIMLER  DAIGn.DE 
    Renault  RENA.PA  is selling its remaining 1.5% stake in
Daimler, the carmaker said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2L914K
    
    DEUTSCHE BANK  DBKGn.DE  
    Full-year results due.
    
    VOLKSWAGEN  VOWG_p.DE , BMW  BMWG.DE 
    Electric vehicle charging group Ionity, whose owners include
Volkswagen, BMW and Daimler, is working with BNP Paribas
 BNPP.PA  to sell a minority stake to rake in 400 million-500
million euros, three people familiar with the matter said.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2L968S
    
    DWS GROUP  DWSG.DE  
    Full-year results due. 
    
    RTL GROUP  RRTL.DE  
    Full-year results due.
        
    ANALYSTS' VIEWS 
    BMW  BMWG.DE : BARCLAYS CUTS TO EQUAL WEIGHT FROM OVERWEIGHT
    DAIMLER AG  DAIGn.DE : BARCLAYS RAISES TO OVERWEIGHT FROM
EQUAL WEIGHT
        
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS  
    Dow Jones  .DJI  +0.6%, S&P 500 .SPX  +1.0%, Nasdaq  .IXIC 
+2.5% at close.  .N 
    Nikkei  .N225  +1.7%, Shanghai stocks  .SSEC  +0.2%.  .T 
 .SS 
    Time: 5:39 GMT

    
    ECONOMY
    German February CPI Final due at about 0700 GMT. Seen +0.7%
m/m, +1.3% y/y, harmonized +0.6% m/m, +1.6% y/y.
      
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