Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on Feb. 28

Aevis Victoria SA

28/02/2019 05:45

ZURICH/BERLIN, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Here are some of the main
factors that may affect Swiss stocks on Thursday:
    
    ABB  ABBN.S 
    Q4 results due. Net income seen falling 23.5 pct to $301
million. Poll:  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N20L6TO
    
    ADECCO  ADEN.S 
    Q4 results due. Net income seen halving to 150 million
euros. Poll:  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N20L4GQ
    
    NOVARTIS  NOVN.S 
    U.S. President Donald Trump's former personal attorney
Michael Cohen testified that Novartis AG initially wanted him to
lobby for the company when it retained him with a $1.2 million
contract, but that Cohen refused.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N20M1C9
    Annual general meeting due.
    
    FLUGHAFEN ZUERICH  FHZN.S 
    The Zurich airport operator's CEO, in an interview with
Handelszeitung, again blasted federal regulators' plan to
channel more money that it generates from unregulated activities
to help offset the airport charges set by law. He redoubled
concerns the move would endanger investments, saying "Investors
are worried, because there's apparently no longer any reliable
regulation in Switzerland."
    
    COMPANY STATEMENTS
    Aevis Victoria  AEVS.S  said full-year net revenues amounted
to 576 million Swiss francs, up from 583 million in 2017.
 AEVS.S 
    Swiss Life  SLHN.S  announced it successfully placed a 250
million Swiss francs senior bond.  SLHN.S 
    Sunrise Communications  SRCG.S  has agreed to buy Liberty
Global's  LBTYA.O  Swiss business UPC Switzerland in a 6.3
billion Swiss francs deal, the company said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N20M6YO
    Additionally, Sunrise proposed to increase its dividend to
4.20 Swiss francs as it posted its full-year results.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN20M1BK
    
    ECONOMY  M-CH 
    * Swiss Q4 GDP due at 0645 GMT. Seen at +0.4 pct q/q, +1.7
pct y/y.
    * Swiss February KOF indicator due at 0800 GMT. Seen at 95.4
points, up 0.4 points from January.

 (Reporting by Zurich newsroom and Berlin Speed Desk)
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