Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on Dec. 17

Banque Cantonale de Geneve

17/12/2019 05:28

BERLIN/ZURICH, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Here are some of the main
factors that may affect Swiss stocks on Tuesday:
    
    ROCHE  ROG.S 
    The drugmaker has won U.S. antitrust approval for its $4.3
billion deal to buy gene therapy specialist Spark Therapeutics
 ONCE.O  clearing the way for its push into treating rare
diseases including hemophilia A.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N28Q1Q4
    
    NESTLE  NESN.S 
    Lenders including Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and Goldman
Sachs Group are in talks to provide as much as $6 billion of
debt to help finance Froneri's buyout of Nestle's U.S. ice cream
business, Bloomberg reported.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N28Q3UN
    
      
    COMPANY STATEMENTS
    * Banque Cantonale de Genève  BCGE.S  said it will redeem
its 2014 AT1 bond on Feb. 4.  BCGE.S 
    * Bellevue Group  BBN.S  said Patrik Gilli had been
appointed as Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately.
 BBN.S 
    * Partners Group  PGHN.S  said it was making a significant
investment in EyeCare Partners, a medical vision services
provider in the United States.  PGHN.S 
    
    
    ECONOMY
    * No major Swiss economic data scheduled

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