German stocks - Factors to watch on May 23

FRANKFURT Fri May 23, 2014 1:21am EDT





<span id="articleText"/> FRANKFURT May 23 (Reuters) - The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks on Friday:



<span id="midArticle_0"/><span id="midArticle_1"/> BASF



<span id="midArticle_2"/> The world's top chemicals firm by sales, said it would not allow the Ukraine crisis to jeopardise its business in Russia or its partnership with state-controlled gas producer Gazprom, describing the standoff as isolated.



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<span id="midArticle_4"/><span id="midArticle_5"/> DAIMLER, VW, BMW



<span id="midArticle_6"/> New-car sales in the United States are expected to rise more than 7 percent in May and continue the strong spring selling season as the month includes five weekends, two industry research firms said on Thursday.



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<span id="midArticle_10"/> General Electric Co has agreed to extend its $16.9 billion bid for the power arm of France's Alstom until June 23 from June 2 at the request of the French government, the U.S. company said on Thursday.



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<span id="midArticle_14"/> KLOECKNER & CO - no dividend proposed



<span id="midArticle_15"/> MORPHOSYS - no dividend proposed



<span id="midArticle_0"/> XING - 0.62 eur/share dividend proposed, 3.58 eur/share special dividend proposed



<span id="midArticle_1"/><span id="midArticle_2"/> EX-DIVIDEND



<span id="midArticle_3"/> DEUTSCHE BANK - 0.75 eur/shr



<span id="midArticle_4"/> LANXESS - 0.50 eur/shr



<span id="midArticle_5"/> SALZGITTER - 0.20 eur/shr



<span id="midArticle_6"/> AMADEUS FIRE - 2.83 eur/shr



<span id="midArticle_7"/> PFEIFFER VACUUM - 2.65 eur/shr



<span id="midArticle_8"/> UNITED INTERNET - 0.40 eur/shr



<span id="midArticle_9"/><span id="midArticle_10"/> ANALYSTS' VIEWS



<span id="midArticle_11"/> DEUTSCHE ANNINGTON - Barclays starts with 'overweight' rating, target price 25.80 eur.



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<span id="midArticle_14"/> Shares of German automotive and industrial supplier Stabilus will be sold at 21.50 euros apiece, in the middle of a previously given price range of 19-25 euros in its market debut on May 23, the company said late-Thursday.



<span id="midArticle_15"/><span id="midArticle_0"/> OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS



<span id="midArticle_1"/> Dow Jones up 0.1 pct, S&P 500 up 0.2 pct, Nasdaq up 0.6 pct at Thursday's close.



<span id="midArticle_2"/> Nikkei up 1 pct at 0519 GMT.



<span id="midArticle_3"/><span id="midArticle_4"/> GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA



<span id="midArticle_5"/> Detailed first-quarter GDP due at 0600 GMT. Seen up 0.8 pct q/q and up 2.3 pct y/y.



<span id="midArticle_6"/> May Ifo business climate due at 0800 GMT. Seen down at 110.9 from 111.2. Current conditions seen up at 115.5 from 115.3 in April.



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<span id="midArticle_9"/> DIARIES



<span id="midArticle_10"/> REUTERS TOP NEWS (Reporting by Harro ten Wolde and Victoria Bryan)



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