Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on July 27

Achiko in Liquidation AG

27/07/2020 07:01

ZURICH/BERLIN, July 27 (Reuters) - The Swiss blue-chip SMI
 .SSMI  was seen opening 0.1% higher at 10,227 points on Monday,
according to premarket indications by bank Julius Baer
 JBPRE01 .
    Here are some of the main factors that may affect Swiss
stocks:
    
    CREDIT SUISSE  CSGN.S 
    Credit Suisse invested nearly $100 million in Ant, the
fintech arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba  BABA.N , during
its last funding round, Bloomberg reported.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N2EY0RH
      
    
    COMPANY STATEMENTS
    * Novartis AG  NOVN.S : analysis shows wet AMD patients
achieved sustained fluid control faster with Beovu versus
Aflibercept  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2EX048
    * Bobst  BOBNN.S  made a half-year net loss of 30 million
Swiss francs and said the coronavirus lockdown had a severe
impact  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nNDLbmyD7X
    * Achiko  ACHIN.S  announced that its pandemic management
platform will be deployed in additional locations in Indonesia
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nEQ29qP9ha
    * Clariant AG  CLN.S : Clariant and ETA Bio announce license
agreement on sunliquid cellulosic ethanol technology in Bulgaria
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2EX045
    * Baloise Asset Management  BALN.S : acquires stake in
Tolomeo Capital  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2EX09C
    * Wisekey  WIHN.S  appoints Ben Stump as chief revenue
officer  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASA00Y3V
    * Energiedienst  EDHN.S  reported a half-year loss of 3
million euros  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2EV0TH
    
    
    ANALYSTS' VIEWS
    SIKA AG  SIKA.S : HSBC cuts to hold from buy, raises target
price to CHF 217 from 181
    SWATCH  UHR.S  - Credit Suisse raises to 'outperform' from
'neutral', raises target price to chf 260 from chf 190; RBC cuts
target price to chf 190 from chf 200
    FLUGHAFEN ZUERICH AG  FHZN.S : Deutsche Bank initiates with
buy rating and price target of CHF 157 
    SONOVA HOLDING AG  SOON.S : Morgan Stanley raises to
equal-weight from underweight; cuts target price to CHF 180 from
194
    IDORSIA LTD  IDIA.S : Morgan Stanley initiates with
equal-weight, CHF 35 target price 
    LINDT & SPRUENGLI  LISP.S : Morgan Stanley cuts target price
to CHF 7,500 from 7,900 
    LINDT & SPRUENGLI  LISN.S : Morgan Stanley cuts target price
to CHF 86,806 from 92,000
    
    ECONOMY
    No major economic data scheduled

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