Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on May 2

Banque Cantonale de Geneve

02/05/2018 05:58

ZURICH, May 2 (Reuters) - Here are some of the main factors
that may affect Swiss stocks on Wednesday:
    
    NOVARTIS  NOVN.S 
    U.S. regulators approved Novartis' cell therapy Kymriah for
treatment of patients with a second type of blood cancer, large
B-cell lymphoma, that has worsened despite two or more earlier
lines of therapy, the Swiss drugmaker said on Tuesday.
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    For more news, click on  NOVN.S 
    
    SWISSCOM  SCMN.S 
    Analysts polled by Reuters on average expect Q1 EBITDA to
fall 2.1 percent to 1.05 billion Swiss francs on flat revenue of
2.83 billion  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1S74OA
      
    COMPANY STATEMENTS  CPR-CH 
    * OC Oerlikon  OERL.S  reported Q1 EBIT up 84.6 pct at 72
million Swiss francs.  OERL.S 
    * Bell Food Group  BELL.S  said it holds a 59.73 pct holding
in Huegli  HUE.S .  BELL.S 
    * Investis  IREN.S  said it had acquired six residential
properties in Geneva for 52 million Swiss francs.  IREN.S 
    * Banque Cantonale de Genève  BCGE.S  aid a shareholders
agreement has been signed by the Canton, the City of Geneva 
and the Association of Geneva Municipalities governing the
minimum number of bank shares which each public authority is
required to hold.  BCGE.S 
    * 


    
    ECONOMY  M-CH 
    * Consumer confidence data for Q2 due at 0545 GMT
    * Retail sales for March due at 0715 GMT
    * Manufacturing PMI data for April due at 0730 GMT
    

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