Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on Jan 20

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20/01/2017 05:53

ZURICH, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Hereh are some of the main 
factors that may affect Swiss stocks on Friday: 
     
    ZURICH INSURANCE  ZURN.S   
    The Swiss insurer Zurich said it expects to cut 240 jobs in 
Britain following the merger last year of its UK life and 
general insurance businesses into one division.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1F95ZZ 
    For more news, click  ZURN.S  
     
    COMPANY STATEMENTS  CPR-CH  
    * Roche  ROG.S  said it has received 510(k) clearance for 
its elecsys Troponin T Gen 5 STAT blood test for patients with a 
suspected heart attack.  ROG.S  
    * Daetwyler Holding  DAE.S  said it increased its unaudited 
net revenue by 4.3 percent to 1,215.8 million Swiss francs 
during 2016.  DAE.S  
    * CFT  CFT.S  said for the whole year its consolidated 
adjusted revenue was 870.1 million Swiss francs, compared with 
873.8 million in 2015.  CFT.S  
    * Hilcona, part of the Bell Group  BELL.S , is taking over 
Frostag in Landquart, a company specialising in the preparation 
of pasta and vegetarian products. It has 118 employees with 
annual sales of more than 10 million Swiss francs, Bell said. 
 BELL.S  
    * Energiedienst Holding AG  EDHN.S  says expects to close 
fiscal year 2016 with a higher operating result (EBIT) than 
expected  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1F90V8   
     
    ECONOMY  M-CH  
    Swiss voters are evenly split on whether to back a 
government proposal for corporate tax reform ahead of a 
referendum next month, according to an online poll by Tamedia.  
     
 
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