German stocks - Factors to watch on August 27

FRANKFURT, August 27 (Reuters) - The DAX top-30 index looked set to open flat on Monday, according to premarket data from brokerage Lang & Schwarz at 0610 GMT.

The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks:

E.ON

Indicated 0.2 percent lower

The government will buy back the Hungarian operations of German energy firm E.ON, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Saturday, national news agency MTI reported.

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DEUTSCHE TELEKOM

Indicated 0.3 percent lower

The German telecom operator plans to spend another 5-6 billion euros ($6.3-$7.5 billion) to introduce faster internet and add more customers to its network. Its fast internet will be available to more than 20 million homes up from 11 million.

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SIEMENS

Indicated unchanged

The German engineering group faces a delay of an order for 1,200 of its trains for the Thameslink project in the United Kingdom, a deal valued at 1.8 billion euros, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported on Saturday.

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THYSSENKRUPP

Indicated 0.8 percent higher

The German steelmaker plans to sell its U.S. and Brazilian mills separately for at least the book value, which is about 7 billion euros, its chief executive has told German newspaper Welt am Sonntag.

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VOSSLOH

Indicated 0.1 percent lower

The German provider of rail infrastructure equipment is looking at an acquisition in South-America, its chief executive Werner Andree told Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung.

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PRAKTIKER

Indicated 1 percent higher

U.S. investor Anchorage wants to amend the conditions for its 85 million euro loan to the struggling German DIY chain, Financial Times Deutschland reported.

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Q-CELLS

Indicated 20.6 percent higher

South-Korea's Hanwha Corp has signed a deal to buy Q-Cells, the insolvent German solar group said on Sunday.

German paper Die Welt reported on Monday Spain's Isofoton aims to submit a joint bid with a U.S. fund early this week, citing no sources.

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OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS

Dow Jones +0.8 pct, S&P 500 +0.7 pct, Nasdaq +0.5 pct at Friday's close. [ID : nL2E8JOEJH]

Nikkei +0.2 pct at Monday's close.

EURO ZONE

The European Central Bank's plan for a new programme to buy government bonds of struggling euro zone members risks becoming "addictive like a drug", Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann said in an interview released on Sunday.

Separately, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung reported about a third of German managers consider it likely the euro zone could split into a Northern euro and a Southern euro, citing research of Boston Consulting Group.

GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA

July import prices rose 0.7 percent month-on-month and 1.2 percent year-on-year.

Ifo business climate due at 0800 GMT. Seen at 102.8, down from 103.3 in July. Current conditions seen at 110.9, down from 111.6 in the previous month.

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REUTERS TOP NEWS ($1 = 0.7989 euros) (Reporting by Harro ten Wolde)