Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on Aug 19

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19/08/2015 07:12

ZURICH, Aug 19 (Reuters) -    The Swiss blue-chip SMI 
 .SSMI  was seen opening 0.54 percent down at 9333 points on 
Wednesday, according to premarket indications by bank Julius 
Baer  JBPRE01 . 
     
    The following are some of the main factors expected to 
affect Swiss stocks on Tuesday: 
     
    SWISSCOM AG  SCMN.VX   
    Telecommunications operator Swisscom reports second-quarter  
net income of 433 million Swiss francs ($443.60 million), 
slightly beating forecasts by analysts in a Reuters 
poll. ID:SCMN.VX  
     SCMN.VX  
     
    SYNGENTA AG  SYNN.VX  plans to divest its  
premium flowers seeds business from its Lawn and Garden 
operating unit.  
     SYNN.VX  
     
    ROCHE  ROG.VX  says it's acquiring Kapa Biosystems to 
strengthen its next-generation sequencing product offerings. It 
didn't give a price. 
     ROG.VX  
     
    CICOR TECHNOLOGIES LTD  CICN.S  said it's first-half order 
intake was down 1.6 percent to 98.6 million francs. Sales fell 
more than 10 percent. 
     CICN.S  
     
    CEMBRA MONEY BANK  CMBN.S  said first-half net income rose 8 
percent to nearly 70 million francs. 
     CMBN.S  
       
    COMPANY STATEMENTS  CPR-CH  
     
    * SONOVA HOLDING AG  SOON.VX  said Tuesday its Advanced 
Bionics unit received U.S. FDA approval for new sound 
processors.  ID:nFWN10T01S  
     
    * IMPLENIA  IMPN.S  said it won a 235 million franc order to 
build first infrastructure section of Stockholm's new bypass. 
 ID:nFWN10T037  
     
    * BUCHER  BUCN.S  said Michael Hausermann is leaving the 
Bucher Municipal division. He'll be replaced by Coean van 
Rosmalen who has been at the company's Johnson Sweeper unit in 
the United Kingdom. 
     
    * SIEGFRIED HOLDING  SFZN.S  said its first-half profit rose 
to 21.1 million Swiss francs, up from 18.8 million francs in the 
year-earlier period. 
     
    * HUEGLI HOLDING  HUE.S  said first-half sales rose 1.1 
percent to 187 million francs, while profit edged up to 11.9 
million francs. It said full year sales and EBIT will be in 
range of 2014. 
     
    * ASCOM  ASCN.S  confirmed its full-year guidance after 
first-half revenue stagnated at 203.3 million francs.  
     
    * HOCHDORF  HOCN.S  reported first-half revenue rose nearly 
29 percent to 284.3 million francs versus 220.7 million francs 
year ago. Profit fell 34 percent to 4.1 million francs. 
 
   ECONOMY  M-CH  
     
 
 
 
 
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