German stocks - Factors to watch on September 1

FRANKFURT, Sept 1 (Reuters) - The DAX top-30 index .GDAXI looked set to open 0.3 percent higher on Wednesday, according to premarket data from brokers Lang & Schwarz at 0612 GMT.

The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks (share price indications at 0609 GMT):

DEUTSCHE BANK (DBKGn.DE)

Indicated 0.8 percent higher

The company said on Wednesday its DWS Investments mutual funds unit has appointed Rajan Raju as CEO for Asia as well as global head, DWS Solutions. [ID:nSGC003736]

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HENKEL (HNKG_p.DE)

Indicated 0.5 percent higher

Henkel is winning market share in cosmetics and toiletries and sees further growth through the end of the year, the board member responsible for that business, Hans Van Bylen, told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

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FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE (FMEG.DE)

Indicated 0.1 percent higher

Holds capital markets day

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CONTINENTAL (CONG.DE)

Indicated unchanged

The German auto parts supplier plans to issue a bond in the next few days with a volume of 500 million euros to 1 billion euros ($632 million to $1.26 billion) to help refinance its debt pile, three financial sources told Reuters. [ID:nWEA6314]

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TUI (TUIGn.DE)

Indicated 1.7 percent higher

The company's supervisory board is set to discuss at its meeting next week the possibility of whether to buy the remaining part of British unit TUI Travel (TT.L), business daily Financial Times Deutschland reported, citing no sources. [ID:nLDE68005X]

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EADS (EAD.DE)

Indicated 0.1 percent lower in Frankfurt

Around 15 percent of all aviation jet fuel could be made from algae by 2025, though governments and oil firms should help industrialise the plant-derived biofuel, according to EADS' Chief Technical Officer Jean Botti. [ID:nLDE67U1E2]

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AIR BERLIN (AB1.DE)

Indicated 1.1 percent higher

The airline has avoided a strike by pilots after reaching an agreement with pilots' union Cockpit over working conditions.

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OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS

Dow Jones .DJI +0.1 pct, S&P 500 .SPX +0.04 pct, Nasdaq .IXIC -0.3 at Tuesday's close. [ID:nN31261350]

Nikkei .N225 +1.2 pct. [ID:nTOE68005Y]

GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA

July retail sales fell 0.3 pct m/m and were up 0.8 pct y/y. This compares with a Reuters consensus of +0.5 pct m/m and +1.4 pct y/y. [ID:nBAF004237]

August Markit/BME Mfg PMI due 0753 GMT. Seen at 58.2, unchanged from the earlier month. ECONDE G7TODAY

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(Reporting by Jonathan Gould and Christoph Steitz)