German stocks - Factors to watch on March 27
27/03/2015 06:14
FRANKFURT, March 27 (Reuters) - The following are some of
the factors that may move German stocks on Friday:
ADIDAS ADSGn.DE
Adidas named David Abeles to lead its struggling TaylorMade
golf unit, it said on Thursday, replacing Ben Sharpe, who is
leaving for personal reasons. ID:nL6N0WS60U
LUFTHANSA LHAG.DE
German aviation association BDL said all German airlines,
including Lufthansa and its unit Germanwings, had agreed to
discuss possible new rules requiring two crew members to be in
the cockpit at all times following the Germanwings crash.
ID:nL6N0WS6DN
AAREAL ARLG.DE
Annual report due. The lender published preliminary results
on Feb. 25 and raised its dividend. ID:nL5N0VZ1ET
KION KGX.DE
Bookrunner Goldman Sachs GS.N said on Thursday Superlift
Holding would sell 13.8 million shares in Kion, representing
about 13.9 pct of outstanding shares. ID:nL6N0WS5ZW
SALZGITTER SZGG.DE
Annual press conference due. The steelmaker published 2014
results on Feb. 27 ID:nL5N0W10QA
MANZ M5ZG.DE
Annual report due. The engineering group published
preliminary figures on Feb. 24 and said it would return to
profit in 2015. ID:nL5N0VY14J
BAYWA BYWGnx.DE
Analyst conference on 2014 results due. The company reported
2014 financial results on Thursday. ID:nFWN0WR02L
HELLA HLE.DE
Q3 results due.
AIR BERLIN AB1.DE
Air Berlin said it expected profit to improve significantly
in 2015 thanks to turnaround measures being put in place by its
new chief executive. ID:nL6N0WS6D2
Separately, it said it would require all of its planes to
have two crew members in the cockpit at all times, as of Friday,
in response to the Germanwings crash.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS
VILLEROY & BOCH VIBG_p.DE - 0.44 eur/shr dividend proposed
ANALYSTS' VIEWS
PORSCHE SE PSHG_p.DE - UBS raises to "buy" from "neutral"
AAREAL BANK - HSBC cuts to "hold" from "overweight"
TALANX TLXGn.DE - KBW cuts to "underperform" from "market
perform"
OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS
Dow Jones .DJI -0.2 pct, S&P 500 .SPX -0.2 pct, Nasdaq
.IXIC -0.3 pct at Thursday's close. ID:nL2N0WS2NL
Nikkei .N225 -0.95 pct at Friday's close. ID:nZZN0AEZ0F
GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA
German February import prices due at 0700 GMT. Seen +0.7 pct
m/m, -3.5 pct y/y. ECONDE G7TODAY
EUROPEAN FACTORS TO WATCH WATCH/EU
DIARIES DE/DIA WEU/EQUITY
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Keywords: GERMANY MARKETS STOCKS