German stocks - Factors to watch on November 19

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19/11/2020 06:16

BERLIN/FRANKFURT, Nov 19 (Reuters) - The following are some
of the factors that may move German stocks on Thursday:
    
    CORONAVIRUS
    Germany reported 22,609 new infections and 251 more deaths.
    The pandemic and measures imposed by the government to slow
the spread of the coronavirus are hurting the skilled trades
sector, which expects sales to drop this year for the first time
since 2013, the ZDH association said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2I44UB
    U.S. and European regulators could approve Pfizer and
BioNTech's experimental COVID-19 vaccine as early as
mid-December, the German firm's chief executive said, following
the release of positive trial results.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2I42DM
    
    
    INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES  IFXGn.DE 
    The chipmaker is relatively well insulated from geopolitical
tensions between the United States and China thanks to its focus
on power-management chips, CEO Reinhard Ploss said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2I41I5
    
    BMW  BMWG.DE  
    BMW said it will retool its German factories to build
electric cars and components and shift manufacturing of
combustion engines to plants in Austria and England as part of a
broader shift toward low-emission cars.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2I4585
    
    
    THYSSENKRUPP  TKAG.DE 
    The conglomerate said it would need to cut a further 5,000
jobs to ease the impact of the coronavirus crisis on its
businesses.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nF9N28000U
    
    KNORR-BREMSE  KBX.DE 
    The company confirmed its full-year guidance.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nEQbnQz7ha
    
    HELLOFRESH  HFGG.DE 
    The meal-kit delivery firm will expand its capacity to
supply U.S. diners by 50% by mid-2021 as it eyes further growth
even as the coronavirus-driven surge in home dining ebbs, CEO
Dominik Richter said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2I444X
    
    AIRBUS  AIRG.DE 
    Airbus and the German government submitted their official
offer on the proposed sale of Eurofighter jets to Switzerland,
Airbus said https://www.airbus.com/content/dam/corporate-topics/publications/press-release/2020/11/EN-Airbus-Press-Release-German-Offer-EF-Switzerland.pdf.
 
    
    
    CTS EVENTIM  EVDG.DE 
    Q3 results due
    
    
    WACKER NEUSON 
    The company said that CEO Martin Lehner will not extend his
contract for personal reasons.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nEQ5rNxpa
    
    
    WIRECARD  WDIG.DE 
    Former boss Markus Braun is due to appear before a German
parliamentary committee on Thursday, temporarily leaving jail to
testify over the collapse of what was once hailed as Germany's
leading financial technology firm.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2I44EY
    
        
    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS
    BORUSSIA DORTMUND  BVB.DE  - no dividend proposed

            
    EX-DIVIDEND 
    DWS GROUP  DWSG.DE  - 1.67 eur/shr 
        
    
    ANALYSTS' VIEWS 
    VONOVIA  VNAn.DE  - Jefferies raises to buy from hold
    DERMAPHARM  DMPG.DE  - Jefferies initiates with buy rating
    
        
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS  
    Dow Jones  .DJI  -1.2%, S&P 500 .SPX  -1.2%, Nasdaq  .IXIC 
-0.8% at close.  .N 
    Nikkei  .N225  -0.4%, Shanghai stocks  .SSEC  +0.3%.  .T 
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    Time: 6:16 GMT
    
    
    ECONOMY
    No major German economic data scheduled
    
    
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