ZURICH, Feb 24 (Reuters) - The following are some of the
main factors expected to affect Swiss stocks on Friday:
SIKA SIK.S
* The speciality chemicals posted a 21.8 percent rise in net
profit for 2016 and said it will propose an increased dividend
for 2016. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N1G91Z4
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COMPANY STATEMENTS CPR-CH
* Cassiopea SKIN.S said its operating losses increased by
25.1 percent to 10.45 million euro during 2016. The company had
no operating revenues because all of its products are still in
development. SKIN.S
* CPH Chemie CPHN.S said sales rose 3.5 percent to 434.8
million Swiss francs ($432.16 million) during 2016 and a net
loss of 7.7 million francs. CPHN.S
* Raiffeisen Schweiz RFSHW.UL said it increased its
revenue 2.7 percent to 3.1 billion Swiss francs during 2016,
while profit fell 6.6 percent to 754.1 million francs.
RFSHW.UL
* Ascom Holding ASCN.S said it nominated Juerg Fedier to
be elected as a new member of the board. ASCN.S
* Calida Holding AG CALN.S said it was acquiring German
e-commerce specialist Reich Online Services GmbH for an
undisclosed price. CALN.S
* Myriad Group AG MYRN.S said it suffered a net loss of
$29.2 million in 2016 and said it was expecting stable Myriad
Connect revenues in 2017. It will hold an Investor Technical
Briefing Day on April 6. MYRN.S
* Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank BLKB.S said its
annual profit increased by 2.4 percent to 133.6 million francs.
BLKB.S
ECONOMY M-CH
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