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German stocks - Factors to watch on February 27

FRANKFURT, Feb 27 (Reuters) - The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks on Friday:

BASF

Q4 results due. Adjusted EBIT seen down 7.5 percent at 1.34 billion euros ($1.52 billion). Poll:

DEUTSCHE BANK

The Munich district court said it was unaware of formal steps to initiate court proceedings against Deutsche Bank co-Chief Executive Juergen Fitschen and four former board members, after German magazine Der Spiegel reported that the quintet are to face trial.

DEUTSCHE TELEKOM

Day 2 of 2-day Capital Markets Day.

VOLKSWAGEN

2014 results expected. Operating profit seen up 7.5 percent at 12.55 billion euros. Poll:

AIRBUS

Q4 results due. Core profit pre one-offs seen up 1.4 percent at 1.27 billion euros. Poll:

RHOEN KLINIKUM

Preliminary Q4 results due. Net income seen down 16 percent at 17.9 million euros. Poll:

SALZGITTER

Q4 results due. Pretax loss seen narrowing to 17 million euros. Poll:

SIXT

German Car rental group Sixt has picked Berenberg and Bank of America to organise the stock market listing of its leasing activities, two people familiar with the situation said.

NORDEX

Preliminary 2014 results due. EBIT seen rising 44 percent to 80.4 million euros. Poll:

ALSTRIA OFFICE

Q4 results due. Funds from operations (FFO) seen down 13 percent at 9.5 percent. Poll:

BVB

H1 results due. The group published preliminary figures on Feb. 20, posting a six-months group profit of 3.7 million euros.

DRILLISH

Drillisch said EBITDA in 2014 rose to 85.2 million euros, with an EBITDA margin that rose to 29.4 percent. It expects EBITDA of between 95 and 100 million euros this year.

EX-DIVIDEND

OSRAM - dividend 0.90 eur/shr

ANALYSTS' VIEWS

FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE - HSBC raises to "neutral" from "underweight", lifts its price target to 75 euros from 56 euros.

OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS

Dow Jones -0.1 pct, S&P 500 -0.2 pct, Nasdaq +0.4 pct at Thursday's close.

Nikkei -0.1 pct at 0543 GMT.

GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA

German January import prices due at 0700 GMT. Seen -1.0 pct m/m, -4.6 y/y.

German February preliminary CPI due at 1300 GMT. Seen +0.7 pct m/m, -0.2 pct y/y.

German February preliminary HICP due at 1300 GMT. Seen +0.7 pct m/m, -0.4 pct y/y.

EUROPEAN FACTORS TO WATCH

DIARIES

REUTERS TOP NEWS ($1 = 0.8799 euros) (Reporting by Edward Taylor and Maria Sheahan)