The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks:
ALLIANZ
Indicated 0.9 percent higher
A good performance in life insurance and asset management contributed analyst forecasts of German insurer exceeded in the second quarter, as it confirmed its 2012 target of operations.
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SIEMENS
Indicated 2.2 percent higher
The engineering conglomerate said it started buying back its own shares of up to 3 billion euros ($ 3.65 billion) which will take place on December 30 unless your annual shareholders meeting on January 25.
In addition, the group canceled about 33 million shares.
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SAP
Indicated 0.1 percent higher
The maker of business software rival Oracle Corp agreed to pay $ 306 million in damages over allegations of copyright infringement against a unit of SAP, avoiding a retrial.
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EADS
Indicated 0.2 percent higher
The German government will consider a request for funding for new helicopter Eurocopter civil, Economy Minister Philipp Roesler said the group's factory in Donauwörth on Thursday, according to news reports.
German arm Eurocopter need 1 million to develop the helicopter, one third of which must come from the government and the state of Bavaria.
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STADA
Indicated 2.5 percent higher
Indian pharmaceutical Sun Pharmaceuticals is looking for acquisitions in Europe, including a possible acquisition of the German Stada, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
Sun Pharmaceuticals said it was in talks with Stada.
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ElringKlinger
Indicated 1.2 percent
Q2 results. The German automotive supplier is expected to report its second-quarter profit income increased 14.4 percent to 38.1 million euros, the average of eight estimates in a Reuters poll of banks and brokerages showed.
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SINGULUS
Indicated 5.1 percent lower
The manufacturer of CD and DVD Replication, said it was becoming more and more difficult to achieve full-year targets after it reported delays of orders in the second quarter.