FRANKFURT, July 18 (Reuters) - The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks on Thursday:
SAP
Q2 results due. The business software group is expected to report its second-quarter earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) rose 7.3 percent to 1.26 billion euros ($1.65 billion). Poll:
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DEUTSCHE BANK
Following the placement of shares in real estate group Gagfah last week, Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs remain sitting on stakes of 6.4 percent and 6.3 percent, respectively, worth more than 120 million euros each, details of Gagfah voting rights announcements showed on Wednesday.
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DAIMLER
More European Union countries could join France in blocking registrations of new Daimler AG vehicles using a banned coolant, after EU governments agreed on Wednesday to take action against the German carmaker.
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THYSSENKRUPP
"If energy costs continue to rise and the EU Commission declares relief measures inadmissible, then steel production in Duisburg and other centres will be under threat," ThyssenKrupp CEO Heinrich Hiesinger wrote in a guest commentary in Handelsblatt newspaper on Thursday.
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ADVA OPTICAL NETWORKING
The company said second-quarter results reached 78.4 million euros.
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DELTICOM
Q2 results due.
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OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS
Dow Jones +0.1 pct, S&P 500 +0.3 pct, Nasdaq +0.3 pct at Wednesday's close.
Nikkei +1.1 pct at 0447 GMT.
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REUTERS TOP NEWS ($1 = 0.7637 euros) (Reporting by Jonathan Gould and Christoph Steitz)