Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on Oct. 29

Basler Kantonalbank

29/10/2018 05:35

ZURICH/BERLIN, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Here are some of the main
factors that may affect Swiss stocks on Monday:
    
    UBS  UBSG.S 
    The Swiss bank may ask U.S. regulators to expand its license
to sell more complex products and sophisticated investment
advice to wealthy Americans living in Switzerland as it seeks to
woo U.S. taxpayers abroad for growth.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1X806F
    For more click  UBSG.S 
    
    ABB  ABBN.S 
    Robots will make robots at a new factory in China, which the
Swiss engineering group said on Saturday it plans to build for
$150 million in Shanghai as it defends its place as the
country's largest maker of industrial robots.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1X706Y
    For more click  ABBN.S 
    
    CREDIT SUISSE  CSGN.S 
    Chairman Urs Rohner told CNN Money in Switzerland in an
interview the Swiss bank had made the "right decision" not to
send its chief executive to a Saudi Arabian investment
conference following the killing of a journalist, adding the
lender was monitoring not only the progress of the investigation
but also the international response in order to determine its
next steps. "We'll have to see what in the end the outcome will
be of this whole issue," Rohner said.
    For more click  CSGN.S  
    
    LAFARGEHOLCIM  LHN.S 
    Chief Executive Jan Jenisch told Schweiz am Wochenende that
the cement giant's savings and efficiency program is taking
effect earlier than planned and that the company is prepared for
the future, barring "extraordinary" events like oil rising to
more than $100 a barrel. 
    For more click  LHN.S 
    
    ARYZTA  ARYN.S 
    McDonald's buns maker Arzyta Chief Executive Kevin Toland in
an interview with Finanz und Wirtschaft said he has spoken with
many shareholders and is confident the Swiss-Irish bakery
company will win approval for its planned 800 million euro
($912.08 million) capital increase despite opposition from its
largest investor.
    For more click  ARYN.S 
    
    COMPANY STATEMENTS  E-CH 
    * Novartis  NOVN.S  said two-year data for brolucizumab
(RTH258) reaffirm superiority versus aflibercept in reducing
retinal fluid in patients with blindness causing AMD.  NOVN.S 
    * Bank Cler  BC.S  is seeking to have it shares delisted
after it was purchased by the Basler Kantonalbank  BSKP.S 
    * Ceva Logistics  CEVAL.S  said on Friday that it won an
award in Italy for its "Paperless" project.  CEVAL.S 
    
    ECONOMY  M-CH 
    No economic data due.

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