FRANKFURT, Oct 1 (Reuters) - The following are some of the
factors that may move German stocks on Thursday:
BAYER BAYGn.DE
Offer period in IPO of unit Covestro 1COV.TG due to end.
Bayer and its investment bank advisers are rethinking options
for the initial public offering (IPO) of the plastics group
scheduled for Friday, given books are still not covered, several
sources familiar with the situation said on Wednesday.
K+S SDFGn.DE
Potash Corp offered K+S two seats on its board and pledged
to give K+S executives better-paid jobs at Potash as part of the
takeover proposal, which K+S has rejected, Frankfurter
Allgemeine Zeitung reported.
VOLKSWAGEN VOWG_p.DE
U.S. September sales figures due.
Trucks chief Andreas Renschler tells Handelsblatt that Asia
and the United States are markets the company will look at in
the long term.
Separately, France has launched a probe into whether
Volkswagen (XETRA:VOWG) cheated on car emissions in France as it did in the
United States, a source close to the French Economy Ministry
said on Wednesday.
Separately, South Korea said on Thursday Volkswagen's South
Korean unit informed the government it could recall around
120,000 vehicles in South Korea. ID:nL3N12115D
Separately, an Italian consumer group said it presented a
class action lawsuit against Volkswagen, accusing the company of
deceiving car owners and potentially harming the environment.
DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR DLGS.DE
Dialog and Atmel ATML.O have amended their merger
agreement to clarify that the only required vote of Dialog
shareholders will be to authorize the Dialog board of directors
to allot and issue the ordinary shares underlying the American
Depositary Shares to be issued in connection with the Atmel
acquisition.
IPO
Germany's biggest digital classifieds group Scout24
G24n.TG said on Thursday it would price at 30 euros ($33.51)
per share in its initial public offering (IPO) worth 1.16
billion euros.
ANALYSTS' VIEWS
DEUTSCHE BOERSE DB1Gn.DE - BARCLAYS raises to "OVERWEIGHT"
from "UNDERWEIGHT," price target 94 eur from previous 78 eur
OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS
Dow Jones .DJI +1.5 pct, S&P 500 .SPX +1.9 pct, Nasdaq
.IXIC +2.3 pct at Wednesday's close. ID:nL1N120350
Nikkei .N225 +2.2 pct, Chinese markets closed.
Time: 5.22 GMT.
GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA
German September Markit/BME Manufacturing PMI due at 0755
GMT. Seen at 52.5 points.
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