German stocks - Factors to watch on November 27
27/11/2013 07:32
FRANKFURT, Nov 27 (Reuters) - The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks on Wednesday: GERMAN GOVERNMENT German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) reached a deal early on Wednesday on forming a "grand coalition" after wrangling through the night, meaning she should be able to form a government by Christmas. ID:nL5N0JB4OI THYSSENKRUPP TKAG.DE The steelmaker will sell its U.S. plant to ArcelorMittal ISPA.AS and Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal 5401.T in a deal worth 200 billion yen ($1.97 billion), Japan's Nikkei newspaper reported in its online edition on Tuesday, without citing sources. ID:nL5N0JB4HF Related news TKAG.DE-E AUTOS The European Union on Tuesday agreed a compromise to enforce stricter rules on carbon dioxide emissions for EU cars, ending months of wrangling after Germany insisted an earlier deal was torn up. ID:nL5N0JB3W0 Related news AUTO-DE-E BANKS Germany's financial watchdog BaFin has started a probe into suspected manipulation of benchmark gold and silver prices by banks, the Wall Street Journal Deutschland website reported. ID:nL5N0JB4ST Related news BANK-E EADS EAD.DE The aerospace and defence group sees potential savings of 690 million euros in the coming two years through bringing together its Astrium and Cassidian space and defence divisions, Handelsblatt reported, citing sources. Related news EAD.PA-E LEG IMMOBILIEN LEGn.DE Q3 results due. Related news LEGn.DE-E VOSSLOH VOSG.DE The founding family behind the maker of trains and rail technology said it would sell a 22 percent stake in the company on the open market to diversify its investments. ID:nL5N0JB49X The shares will be offered at an estimated price range of 68-70 euros each, a person familiar with the transaction said. ID:nWEB00EUM Related news VOSG.DE-E INDEX CHANGES AS OF NOV. 27: MDAX 0#.MDAXI IN: SGL GROUP SGCG.DE OUT: GSW IMMOBILIEN GIBG.DE SDAX 0#.SDAXI IN: VILLEROY & BOCH VIBG_p.DE OUT: SGL GROUP SGCG.DE OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS Dow Jones .DJI flat, S&P 500 .SPX up 0.01 pct, Nasdaq .IXIC up 0.6 pct at Tuesday's close. ID:nL2N0JB1WE Nikkei .N225 down 0.47 pct at Wednesday's close. ID:nZZN0A1I0F ANALYST RECOMMENDATIONS HEIDELBERGCEMENT HEIG.DE - Berenberg raises to 'buy' from 'hold' IPO Austrian packaging group Constantia Flexibles IPO-COFH.VI called off its IPO on Tuesday. Its shares were due to start trading on the Frankfurt stock exchange on Wednesday. ID:nL5N0JB3BX Related news IPO-DE-E GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA German GfK consumer sentiment index for December due at 0900 GMT. Seen at 7.1 vs 7.0. 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) ((maria.sheahan@thomsonreuters.com)(+49 69 7565 1286)(Reuters Messaging: maria.sheahan.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)) Keywords: GERMANY MARKETS STOCKS