FRANKFURT, Dec 22 (Reuters) - The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks on Friday:
ALLIANZ ALVG.DE
The insurer said it was seeking to become the sole owner of Euler Hermes ELER.PA , planning to offer 122 euros ($145) apiece for the shares in the French credit insurance firm it does not already own. TELEKOM DTEGn.DE
Cable company Liberty Global LBTYA.O is in advanced talks to sell its Austrian unit UPC Austria to Deutsche Telekom in a deal worth about $2 billion, the Financial Times said on Thursday. MRCG.DE
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted a second breakthrough therapy destination for cancer immunotherapy avelumab, which Merck (NS:MERK) is jointly developing with Pfizer (NS:PFIZ) PFE.N , Merck said. TKAG.DE
Workers on Thursday struck a deal with industrial company Thyssenkrupp to secure steel plants and jobs, a big step towards a planned merger of the group's European steel business with that of India's Tata Steel TISC.NS . STOCK MARKETS
Dow Jones .DJI +0.2 pct, S&P 500 .SPX +0.2 pct, Nasdaq .IXIC +0.1 pct at close. .N
Nikkei .N225 +0.2 pct, Shanghai stocks .SSEC unchanged.
Time: 6.17 GMT. .T .SS
GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA
German GfK consumer sentiment index for January due at 0700 GMT. Seen at 10.8 points vs 10.7.
German November import prices also due at 0700 GMT. Seen +2.7 pct y/y.
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