SAP CEO says hasn't talked with Microsoft on sale

BOSTON (Reuters) - SAP AG (SAPG.DE) Chief Executive Henning Kagermann said on Tuesday he has had no discussions with Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) about selling the German software company.

Kagermann was responding to a question at a news conference in Boston. Shares of SAP had risen in European trade on Monday on speculation that Microsoft might make a bid for the company. Officials of both companies had declined to comment that day.

(Reporting by Jim Finkle)