Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on March 19

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19/03/2019 05:47

ZURICH/BERLIN, March 19 (Reuters) - The Swiss blue-chip SMI
 .SSMI  was seen opening up 0.2 percent at 9,515 points on
Tuesday, according to premarket indications by bank Julius Baer
 JBPRE01 .
    Here are some of the main factors that may affect Swiss
stocks:
      
    ROCHE  ROG.S 
    The Swiss drugmaker said its immunotherapy Tecentriq has won
approval for a tough-to-treat type of lung cancer, the latest
regulatory OK for the drug whose revenue trails rivals'
medicines after getting a late start.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N2160J6
    
    STADLER RAIL
    The Swiss train maker's 80-percent owner Peter Spuhler
announced plans to sell a portion of his shares as the company
intends to list on the SIX Swiss Exchange.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2150U7
    
    CEVA LOGISTICS  CEVAL.S 
    The Swiss freight forwarder said French shipper CMA CGM
holds 89.47 percent of its shares after a public tender,
clearing the way for a squeeze out of shareholders and a
delisting from Switzerland's exchange.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN21600B
    
    COMPANY STATEMENTS  E-CH 
    * AMS  AMS.S  announced it has signed an agreement with Wise
Road Capital to create a joint venture to develop and sell
environmental, flow and pressure sensors.  AMS.S 
    * Lastminute.com  LMN.S  said it sees adjusted EBITDA rising
as much as 40 percent in 2019  LMN.S 
    * Partners Group  PGHN.S  said full-year profit rose 2
percent to 769 million francs  PGHN.S 
    * Cassiopea  SKIN.S  announced that it appointed board
members and boosted capital  SKIN.S 
    * Asmallworld  ASWN.S  said revenues grew 75 percent to 8.8
million francs in 2018, adding it expects to have up to 12.5
million in sales in the current year  ASWN.S 
    * Hochdorf Holding  HOCN.S  refrained from giving a 2019
sales and earnings forecast after 2018 net profit plunged to 8.7
million francs, from nearly 41 million in the previous
year HOCN.S 
    * BKW AG  BKWB.S  said 2018 revenue rose 7 percent to 2.7
billion francs  BKWB.S 
    * Huber & Suhner  HUBN.S  said net income for 2018 rose
nearly 50 percent to 61.4 million francs  HUBN.S 
    * Crealogix  CLXN.S  said it posted a 1.4 million franc net
loss in the first half of its financial year  CLXN.S 
    * Vetropack  VET.S  said aims to keep its operating result
in 2019 at the same level as in 2018  VET.S 
    * Peach Property Group  PEAN.S  said its full-year profit
after tax rose to 45.3 million francs, up from 41.9 million
 PEAN.S 
    
    ANALYST VIEWS
    BALOISE  BALN.S  - JP Morgan raises to "overweight" from
"neutral"
    SWISS LIFE  SLHN.S  - JP Morgan cuts to "neutral" from
"overweight"
    GIVAUDAN  GIVN.S  - Barclays raises target price to sfr
2,200
    SWISS RE  SRENH.S  - SocGen cuts to "hold" from "buy"
    
    ECONOMY  M-CH 
    Swiss February trade data due at 0700 GMT

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