Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on August 7
07/08/2020 05:49
ZURICH/BERLIN, August 7 (Reuters) - Here are some of the
main factors that may affect Swiss stocks on Friday:
CORONAVIRUS
Switzerland has amended its list of countries at risk from
high rates of infection with the new coronavirus which covers
all nations outside Europe's passport-free Schengen zone barring
a score of exceptions, the government said on Thursday.
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COMPANY STATEMENTS
* Conzetta CONC.S reported a first-half operating result
(EBIT) of CHF 49.9 million, including a CHF 48.1 million
divestment gain.
* Coltene Holding AG CLTN.S posted first-half net sales of
CHF 103.9 million. It said it expected demand for dental
consumables to rally in most markets and it anticipated stronger
sales and EBIT margin growth in the second half compared with
the first half.
* Chubb CB.BN named Gina Rebollar deputy general counsel
for global corporate affairs.
* Genentech, a member of the Roche Group ROG.S , provided
an update on a phase III study of Tecentriq in combination with
Paclitaxel for people with metastatic triple-negative breast
cancer. It said the IMpassion131 study did not meet statistical
significance on its primary endpoint of progression-free
survival.
ECONOMY
Swiss July foreign reserves due at about 0700 GMT.
(Reporting by Zurich newsroom and Berlin Speed Desk)
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