BASF, Deutsche Bank, Mediaset, UniCredit: Europe Equity Preview

The following companies�� shares mayhave unusual moves in European trading. Stock symbols are inparentheses.

The Stoxx Europe 600 Index rose 0.5 percent to 237.30. TheStoxx 50 Index gained 0.7 percent to 2,303.06. The Euro Stoxx 50Index (SX5E), a benchmark measure for nations using the euro, slumped0.4 percent to 2,260.98.

BASF SE (BAS GY), Electricite de France SA (EDF) , OAOGazprom (GAZP) and Eni SpA (ENI) have applied to Germanauthorities to start a joint venture for their planned SouthStream pipeline to transport gas to Europe from Russia,Financial Times Deutschland reported, without saying where itobtained the information. BASF shares declined 1 percent to51.10 euros. EDF lost 2.3 percent to 18.23 euros, while Enigained 0.6 percent to 15.79 euros.

Deutsche Bank AG (DBK GY) and UniCredit SpA (UCG) :Deutsche Bank and Italian lender UniCredit��s German division arecanceling securities deposit accounts with U.S. customers afternew regulations in the country led to higher costs, FinancialTimes Deutschland reported, without saying where it got theinformation. Deutsche Bank fell 0.8 percent to 27.76 euros,while UniCredit dropped 3.8 percent to 73 euro cents.

Mediaset SpA (MS) : Italy��s competition watchdog may givepreliminary approval to the broadcaster��s purchase of DigitalMultimedia Technologies SpA (DMT) on certain conditions, newsagency Radiocor reported, citing a document issued by theregulator. Mediaset gained 1.8 percent to 2.09 euros. DigitalMultimedia jumped 2.2 percent to 16.30 euros.

Standard Chartered Plc (STAN) : The U.K.��s second-biggestlender by market value plans to increase takeover financing forIndian companies, as it seeks to gain market share in mergeradvisory business in emerging markets at the expense of rivalsweakened by Europe��s credit crisis. The shares fell 1 percent to1,406 pence.

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