The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks (share indications at 0706 GMT):
DAIMLER
Indicated 0.6 percent higher
Daimler will sign on Feb. 11 a memorandum with Russian bank Troika Dialog envisaging an increase of Daimler's 10 percent stake in truck maker Kamaz, industry sources told Reuters on Wednesday.
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INFINEON
Indicated 0.4 percent higher
Infineon shareholders meet at the annual general meeting in Munich to settle a rare German proxy fight, between supporters of an old-boy network and activist minority investors pressing for a fresh start.
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LUFTHANSA
Indicated unchanged
Peer Air France-KLM unveiled a worse than expected third quarter operating loss of 245 million euros on Wednesday and forecast heavy fourth quarter losses after a later than predicted pickup in unit revenues.
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BILFINGER BERGER
Indicated 0.4 percent higher
The company proposed a dividend of 2 euros per share vs 1.85 euros per share a year earlier.
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AURUBIS
Indicated 3.8 percent higher
Europe's biggest copper maker reported fiscal first-quarter pretax profit of 126 million euros, more than the 96 million euros expected by analysts on average. Poll:
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EADS
Indicated 0.3 percent lower in Frankfurt
German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg aims to finance nearly 1 billion euros of cost overruns for the Airbus A400M military transport plane by tapping state loans and loan guarantees, Handelsblatt cited defence ministry sources as saying.
Separately, Air China has agreed to buy 20 A320 aircraft from Airbus with a list value of $1.63 billion.
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GILDEMEISTER
Indicated 1 percent higher
The company reported 2009 sales of 1.18 billion euros, below the analyst forecast of 1.20 billion. Poll:
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RHOEN-KLINIKUM
Indicated 3.1 percent higher
The German hospital operator stuck to its 2010 forecast, still expecting revenues of about 2.6 billion euros and a net profit of about 145 million euros. At 2.3 billion euros, 2009 sales were in line with analyst expectations. Poll:
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DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR
Indicated 1.8 percent higher
The company reported fourth-quarter net profit of $19.9 million.
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QIAGEN
Indicated 0.4 percent higher
Analyst and investor day.
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ARCANDOR
Indicated 8.1 percent higher
Six parties interested in buying Karstadt have started to examine the books of the department store chain of insolvent German retail group Arcandor, Financial Times Deutschland said in its Thursday edition, citing sources.
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OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS
Dow Jones -0.2 pct, S&P 500 -0.2 pct, Nasdaq -0.1 pct at Wednesday's close.
Nikkei closed for public holiday. Closed +0.3 pct on Wednesday.
GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA
Wholesale price index for Jan rose 1.3 pct m/m and were up 1.9 pct y/y.
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