FRANKFURT, July 17 (Reuters) - The DAX top-30 index looked set to open 0.2 percent higher on Wednesday, according to premarket data from brokerage Lang & Schwarz at 0619 GMT.
The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks:
DAIMLER
Indicated 0.4 percent lower
The European Commission gave provisional backing to France's decision to block the sale of most new Mercedes models, after Germany allowed Daimler to use a banned coolant in its cars.
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DEUTSCHE POST
Indicated 0.1 percent higher
The mail and logistics company is entering the market for online food retail and aims to be active in all major urban areas in Germany by 2015, Andrej Busch, the chief of Deutsche Post's parcel business, told Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
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DEUTSCHE ANNINGTON
Trading 0.6 percent lower in early Frankfurt trade
The real estate company said its IPO had been completed with full exercise of the greenshoe option.
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OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS
Dow Jones -0.2 pct, S&P 500 -0.4 pct, Nasdaq -0.3 pct at Tuesday's close.
Nikkei +0.1 pct at Wednesday's close.
ANALYSTS' VIEWS
LUFTHANSA - Jefferies starts the stock with a "buy" rating and a target price of 20.30 euros.
FRAPORT - Morgan Stanley raises its price target to 54 euros from 47 euros, with an "equal weight" rating.
NORMA - Berenberg raises its target price to 36 euros from 29 euros, with a "buy" rating.
EUROPEAN FACTORS TO WATCH
DIARIES
REUTERS TOP NEWS (Reporting by Victoria Bryan and Maria Sheahan)