The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks (share price indications at 0612 GMT):
DAIMLER
Indicated 7.1 percent higher
Daimler's Mercedes Benz cars unit is returning to its role as the company's cash cow. The company posted first-quarter results late on Monday.
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SIEMENS
Indicated 1.0 percent higher
Siemens may cut fewer jobs in its automation unit than originally planned, the company's Chief Executive Peter Loescher said on Monday.
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COMMERZBANK
Indicated 0.7 percent higher
Commerzbank has hired Morgan Stanley investment banker Nikolaus Giesbert to head its fixed interest securities and foreign exchange division starting September.
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LUFTHANSA
Indicated 2.2 percent higher
Lufthansa says it hopes its schedule for long-distance freight flights will return to normal by the end of the week.
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INFINEON
Indicated 1.2 percent higher
Infineon CEO Peter Bauer reiterated he expects to see growth continue in 2011 even if it will not be as strong as in the past months, he told Financial Times Deutschland.
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MTU AERO ENGINES
Indicated 1.2 percent higher
The company reported first-quarter adjusted earnings before interest and tax of 68.8 million euros, beating average analyst estimates. It confirmed its 2010 guidance.
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TUI
Indicated 1.7 percent higher
German entrepreneur Klaus-Michael Kuehne wants to increase his stake in Hapag-Lloyd and buy 10 percent of shareholder TUI's stake in the shipping company, monthly Capital reported.
Separately, the tour operator will start flying vacationers, who have been stranded in holiday destinations due to the volcanic ash cloud, back home.
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BAUER
Indicated 0.6 percent higher
Bauer reiterated its forecast of stable profits and sales in 2010 versus 2009 and proposed a dividend of 0.60 euros per share.
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AIR BERLIN
Indicated 0.9 percent higher
Germany's second-biggest airline does not rule out asking the German government for state aid, Chief Executive Joachim Hunold told German radio station Deutschlandfunk on Tuesday. He said the company would sum up the volcanic ash cloud's impact on its business once operations had returned to normal.
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CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
First round of wage negotiations for the chemical industry starts.
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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS
PUMA, proposed dividend 1.80 eur/shr
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HENKEL, 0.53 eur/shr
OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS
Dow Jones +0.6 pct, S&P 500 +0.4 pct, Nasdaq -0.2 pct at Monday's close.
Nikkei -0.1 pct.
GM'S OPEL
Management and unions at GM unit Opel are set to sign a deal that would be a milestone for the restructuring of the German carmaker.
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GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA
Producer prices for March rise 0.7 pct m/m and fall 1/5 pct y/y. A Reuters poll was for a rise of 0.4 pct m/m and a drop of 1.8 pct y/y.
ZEW current conditions for April due 0900 GMT. Seen at -48.0 compared with -51.9 in the previous month. Economic sentiment seen at 45.1 versus 44.5.
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