Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on May 24

Bell Food AG

24/05/2018 05:48

ZURICH, May 24 (Reuters) - Here are some of the main factors
that may affect Swiss stocks on Thursday:
      
    UBS  UBSG.S 
    UBS has appointed leaders for its Greater China business
which is being formed by merging its China-focused investment
banking teams, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters on
Thursday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SV1WD
    
    COMPANY STATEMENTS  CPR-CH 
    * Landis+Gyr  LANDI.S  and Pacific Equity Partners announced
a joint venture to acquire metering business Acumen from Origin
Energy Limited  ORG.AX . The joint venture has raised over 500
million Australian dollars ($378.35 million) to finance the
rollout of smart meters in Australia.  LANDI.S 
    * Bell Food Group  BELL.S  said it holds 98.09 percent of
Huegli  HUE.S  shares after its public tender offer.  BELL.S  
    
    ECONOMY  M-CH 
    
    
($1 = 1.3215 Australian dollars)

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