German stocks - Factors to watch on April 9
09/04/2021 05:46
BERLIN/FRANKFURT, April 9 (Reuters) - The following are some
of the factors that may move German stocks on Friday:
CORONAVIRUS
Germany reported 25,464 new infections and 296 more deaths.
Russian Direct Investment Fund has started discussions with
German government representatives on advanced purchase agreement
of Sputnik V vaccine for Germany, Sputnik V said in a tweet on
Thursday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2M10MM
U.S.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will travel to Israel,
Germany, NATO headquarters in Belgium and Britain starting on
Saturday, the Pentagon said in a statement. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS0N2IR015
VOLKSWAGEN VOWG_p.DE
Volkswagen's VOWG_p.DE luxury sports car unit Porsche AG
might have to adjust production to reflect an ongoing shortage
of crucial automotive chips, Handelsblatt reported. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2M14ZS
SUESS MICROTEC SMHNn.DE
Full-year report due.
ANALYSTS' VIEWS
GERRESHEIMER AG GXIG.DE : JP MORGAN RAISES PRICE TARGET TO
EUR 92.50 FROM EUR 92.10
AUTO1 GROUP SE AG1G.DE : JP MORGAN STARTS WITH NEUTRAL
RATING; PRICE TARGET EUR 52
OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS
S&P 500 .SPX +0.4%, Nasdaq .IXIC +1.0% at close. .N
Nikkei .N225 +0.5%, Shanghai stocks .SSEC -0.7%. .T
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ECONOMY
German February industrial production due at 0600 GMT. Seen
+1.5% m/m.
German February trade data due at 0600 GMT. Exports seen
+1.0% m/m, imports +2.4% m/m, trade balance at 20.0 billion
euros.
German February current account data due at 0600 GMT.
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