BERLIN/FRANKFURT, July 18 (Reuters) - The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks on Thursday:
SAP SAPG.DE
Q2 results due
MERCK KGAA MRCG.DE
U.S. materials company Intermolecular IMI.O announced that its shareholders had approved the takeover by Merck. WDIG.DE
The payments company said it was teaming up with car-dealing platform AUTO1 Group to offer digital financial services to consumers, in its first alliance with a company backed by Japan's SoftBank 9984.T . HOTG.DE
Shares in Hochtief's Australian division Cimic CIM.AX slumped after Cimic's half-year profit missed estimates. DRUCKMASCHINEN HDDG.DE
The maker of printing equipment lowered the outlook for its full-year operating result after it reported an after-tax operating loss of 31 million euros in fiscal Q1. ZO1G.DE
Q2 results due
BANKING
Berlin-based N26 said it raised an additional $170 million in its latest funding round, driving up its valuation to $3.5 billion, as the online bank looks to speed up expansion to markets outside Europe including the U.S. GENERAL MEETINGS
SUEDZUCKER SZUG.DE - 0.20 eur/shr dividend proposed
OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS
Dow Jones .DJI -0.4%, S&P 500 .SPX -0.7%, Nasdaq .IXIC -0.5% at close. .N
Nikkei .N225 -1.9 pct, Shanghai stocks .SSEC -0.7%. .T .SS
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ECONOMY
* No major German economic data scheduled
* The European Central Bank will cut its deposit rate in September after signalling a bias to do so this month, according to economists in a Reuters poll who do not expect a turnaround in the euro zone's economic fortunes any time soon. FACTORS TO WATCH WATCH/EU
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