Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on Oct. 12

Bb Biotech

12/10/2018 05:52

ZURICH/BERLIN, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Here are some of the main
factors that may affect Swiss stocks on Friday:
      
    EU TREATIES
    Swiss Transport Minister Doris Leuthard played down a
mid-October deadline from the European Commission to strike a
deal on a new treaty cementing ties with Switzerland's biggest
trading partner.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1WR5JF
        
    NOVARTIS  NOVN.S 
    Abbvie  ABBV.N  said on Thursday it settled all patent
disputes with Novartis, granting it a non-exclusive license to
manufacture and sell a copycat version of blockbuster drug,
Humira.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N1WR5SG
    
    COMPANY STATEMENTS  E-CH 
    * BB Biotech  BION.S  on Thursday reported a nine-month
profit of 172 million francs compared with 843 million francs a
year ago.  BION.S 
    * Copper producer Atalaya Mining  ATYM.L   AYM.TO , which is
backed by Swiss trading giant Trafigura  TRAFGF.UL , is looking
for a buyer, two banking sources said on Thursday. 
    * CPH Chemie und Papier Holding  CPHN.S  said it expected
its full-year net result to likely be more than double that of
2017.  CPHN.S 
        
    ECONOMY  M-CH 
    No economic data due.
    

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