Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on January 7

Addex Therapeutics

07/01/2021 05:52

ZURICH/BERLIN, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Here are some of the main
factors that may affect Swiss stocks on Thursday:
    
    U.S. ELECTION
    Hundreds of President Donald Trump's supporters stormed the
U.S. Capitol in a bid to overturn his election defeat. After
hours of chaos in which police battled to regain control,
lawmakers returned to Congress to begin certifying Democratic
President-elect Joe Biden's victory.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2JH25T
    
    
    CORONAVIRUS
    The European drugs regulator could soon give the go ahead
for an extra sixth dose to be extracted from Pfizer-BioNTech
COVID-19 vaccine vials, an EU official told Reuters, lifting the
number of available shots at a time when supplies are short.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2JH0Z4
    Authorities in the capital of China's Hebei province
strengthened travel restriction to curb the spread of the
coronavirus as the country reported the biggest rise in daily
COVID-19 cases in more than five months.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2JI010
    
      
    COMPANY STATEMENTS
    * SGS  SGSN.S  announced it acquired an English food testing
laboratory.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nNDL1J2hQF
    * Addex Therapeutics  ADXN.S  announced a $10 million share
offering.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nGNX9qPRFj
    
    
    ANALYSTS' VIEWS
    CREDIT SUISSE  CSGN.S  - JP MORGAN RAISES TO OVERWEIGHT FROM
NEUTRAL
    NESTLE  NESN.S  - JEFFERIES CUTS TARGET PRICE TO CHF 107
FROM CHF 113
    
    
    ECONOMY
    Swiss November retail sales due at 0730 GMT

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