FRANKFURT, May 29 (Reuters) - The DAX top-30 index looked set to open 0.1 percent lower on Thursday, a public holiday in Germany, according to premarket data from brokerage Lang & Schwarz at 0612 GMT.
The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks:
ADIDAS
Indicated unchanged
The sportswear maker's supervisory board extended the mandates of Chief Financial Officer Robin Stalker and global operations chief Glenn Bennett, the group said on Wednesday.
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ALLIANZ, MUNICH RE, HANNOVER RE
Allianz indicated 0.3 percent lower
Munich Re indicated 0.4 percent lower
Hannover Re indicated 0.5 percent lower
Germany plans to make it easier for insurance companies to invest in infrastructure projects, to help insurers earn better returns as they struggle with prolonged low interest rates.
A finance ministry paper seen by Reuters on Wednesday showed the government had proposed expanding the types of assets insurers can invest in.
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DAIMLER
Indicated 0.2 percent lower
Daimler's car2go business will withdraw from the United Kingdom at the end of May after the car-sharing business it runs with rental firm Europcar <IPO-EUROP.PA> failed to gain traction in London.
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DEUTSCHE BANK
Indicated 0.2 percent higher
The lender is preparing for fines in connection with investigations into possible manipulation of emerging markets currency rates and is also braced for civil lawsuits, two sources familiar with the views of the bank's management said.
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VOLKSWAGEN
Indicated 0.3 percent lower
The group's Porsche unit is inspecting 2,500 of its new Macan off-road vehicles to check for faulty brakes after quality tests revealed that some brake booster units may have been damaged during the assembly process, the carmaker said on Wednesday.
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EX-DIVIDEND
KUKA - 0.30 eur/shr
QSC - 0.10 eur/shr
GRAMMER - 0.65 eur/shr
VOSSLOH - 0.50 eur/shr
OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS
Dow Jones -0.3 pct, S&P 500 -0.1 pct, Nasdaq -0.3 pct at Wednesday's close.
Nikkei +0.1 pct at Thursday's close.
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REUTERS TOP NEWS (Reporting by Kirsti Knolle and Christoph Steitz)