German stocks - Factors to watch on December 22

Tradegate AG

22/12/2016 05:54

FRANKFURT, Dec 22 (Reuters) - The following are some of the 
factors that may move German stocks on Thursday: 
     
    DEUTSCHE BOERSE  DB1Gn.DE  TRADEGATE  T2GG.F  
    Deutsche Boerse is confident that it can win over European 
antitrust regulators for the planned merger with London Stock 
Exchange Group  LSE.L , the German stock exchange operator's 
Chief Executive Carsten Kengeter told Handelsblatt and the 
Financial Times in a joint interview. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1EG4ZH 
    Separately, Deutsche Boerse said it was exercising a third 
and final call option on shares in Tradegate AG to increase its 
stake in the Berlin-based financial services provider to almost 
20 percent from about 15 percent. The shares are being purchased 
from Berliner Effektengesellschaft AG as part of an 2009 options 
contract.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1EG0QK urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1EG0QH 
 
    HORNBACH HOLDING  HBH.DE   
    Q3 results due. 
     
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS   
    Dow Jones  .DJI  -0.2 pct, S&P 500 .SPX  -0.2 pct, Nasdaq 
 .IXIC  -0.2 pct at close.  .N  
    Nikkei  .N225  -0.4 pct, Shanghai stocks  .SSEC  -0.2 pct. 
    Time: 5.54 GMT.  .T   .SS  
     
    GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA 
    German November import prices due at 0700 GMT.  
     ECONDE   G7TODAY   
     
    EUROPEAN FACTORS TO WATCH  WATCH/EU  
    DIARIES  DE/DIA   WEU/EQUITY  
    REUTERS TOP NEWS  TOP/NEWS  
 
 (Reporting by Ludwig Burger and Victoria Bryan) 
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Keywords: GERMANY STOCKS/FACTORS