FRANKFURT, Dec 23 (Reuters) - The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks on Monday:
DEUTSCHE BANK
The bank's co-CEOs, in an interview with German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung, signalled more money might have to be set aside for potential future litigation costs.
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DEUTSCHE TELEKOM
Japanese tech and telecoms group SoftBank Corp's Chief Executive Masayoshi Son held talks with at least five banks to finance a possible bid by Sprint Corp to buy a majority stake in T-Mobile US Inc in 2014, Bloomberg reported, citing sources.
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LANXESS
The maker of synthetic rubber expects earnings to rise again in 2014, helped by an ongoing cost cutting programme, Chief Executive Axel Heitmann was quoted as saying by Sunday paper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung.
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DAIMLER
The maker of Mercedes-Benz cars has hedged its holding in Tesla Motors Inc against a decline in value over the next three years, as it seeks to broaden its alliance with the U.S. electric-car maker.
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SIEMENS
The engineering group has received approval from the German rail regulator for the first four of 16 third-generation ICE high-speed trains to be delivered to rail company Deutsche Bahn , daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung cited sources as saying. The trains were initially due to be delivered more than two years ago.
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ALLIANZ
The insurer said late on Friday it had concluded an agreement with IBM regarding support for the operation of its data centres. IBM will provide IT operations services for Allianz from April 1, it said.
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ADIDAS
The sporting goods maker aims to sell more Brazuca-branded soccer balls for the world cup in Brazil than the 13 million Jabulani balls it sold for the 2010 world cup in South Africa, Adidas CEO Herbert Heiner told weekly Welt am Sonntag.
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AAREAL BANK
The property lender said on Sunday it would buy unlisted rival Corealcredit Bank AG from U.S. investor Lone Star for 342 million euros ($468 million) to bolster its commercial real estate mortgage business in its home market.
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PSI GROUP
The CEO of PSI, a software developer for utilities and network infrastructure, told weekly Welt am Sonntag he was "very confident" about business in 2014, describing 2013 as a "transition year".
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OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS
Dow Jones +0.3 pct, S&P 500 +0.5 pct, Nasdaq +1.2 pct at Friday's close.
Nikkei closed for public holiday.
GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA
German November import prices due at 0700 GMT. Seen -0.2 pct m/m, -3.1 pct y/y.
EUROPEAN FACTORS TO WATCH
DIARIES
REUTERS TOP NEWS (Reporting by Maria Sheahan, Ludwig Burger and Christoph Steitz)