BERLIN/FRANKFURT, Dec 30 (Reuters) - The DAX top-30 index looked set to open unchanged on Monday, according to premarket data from brokerage Lang & Schwarz at 0718 GMT.
The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks. Trading in Frankfurt will end early at 1300 GMT ahead of the New Year's holidays.
BMW
Indicated 0.3 percent lower
The luxury-car maker expects sales of the new i3 electric hatchback to keep growing as demand for the model continues to exceed targets six weeks after the i3 hit dealerships, Die Welt reported on Saturday, citing CFO Friedrich Eichiner.
Separately, BMW's development chief Herbert Diess told a German newspaper that the German carmaker and Japan's Toyota have agreed to develop a joint platform for sportscars.
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COMMERZBANK
Indicated unchanged
The lender aims to expand dealings with small businesses and freelancers through 2016, Die Welt reported on Saturday, citing Commerzbank's retail banking chief Martin Zielke.
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HENKEL
Indicated 0.1 percent lower
The consumer goods group dampened expectations it was looking at acquisitions soon, saying the market currently offers few takeover opportunities, Handelsblatt reported on Sunday, citing CEO Kasper Rorsted.
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SIEMENS
Indicated 0.3 percent lower
CEO Joe Kaeser said he aims to boost the engineering group's capital efficiency "distinctly" over the next two years, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung reported, citing an interview.
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VOLKSWAGEN, MAN SE, RHEINMETALL
Volkswagen indicated 0.2 percent lower
MAN indicated 0.1 percent lower
Rheinmetall indicated 0.1 percent lower
The CEO of Europe's largest carmaker, Martin Winterkorn, is enraged by a dispute between VW's truck-making divisions MAN SE and Scania that could cost MAN's joint venture with defense company Rheinmetall a 2.2 billion-euro ($3.03 billion) military contract, Der Spiegel reported on Sunday. VW and MAN declined to comment.
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EADS
Indicated 0.3 percent lower in Frankfurt
Chinese carrier Zhejiang Loong Airlines said on Sunday it had firmed up its order for 20 Airbus A320 aircraft.
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HANNOVER RE
Indicated 0.1 percent lower
The reinsurer is braced for falling premiums next year which could dampen business prospects, Welt am Sonntag reported, citing CEO Ulrich Wallin.
Separately, Wallin said Hannover Re will pay dividends of at least 2.60 euros per share for 2013 and 2014.
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TUI AG
Indicated 0.2 percent lower
The travel and tourism group expects higher profit in its German home market in the current financial year ending in September after making strong gains in pre-Christmas holiday bookings, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported on Sunday, citing TUI AG's Germany chief.
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OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS
Dow Jones -0.01 pct, S&P 500 -0.03 pct, Nasdaq -0.25 pct at Friday's close.
Nikkei +0.7 pct at Monday's close.
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REUTERS TOP NEWS ($1 = 0.7258 euros) (Reporting by Maria Sheahan, Andreas Cremer and Edward Taylor.)