Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on Jan 22

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22/01/2016 07:05

ZURICH, Jan 22 (Reuters) - The Swiss blue-chip SMI  .SSMI  
was seen opening 0.7 percent higher at 8093.74 points on Friday, 
according to premarket indications by bank Julius Baer 
 JBPRE01 . 
     
The following are some of the main factors expected to affect 
Swiss stocks: 
     
    UBS  UBSG.VX  
    The French arm of the Swiss bank pledged to cooperate fully 
with French authorities looking into a list of 38,000 accounts 
held by French citizens at the bank in Switzerland.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N155537 
    For more on UBS click on  UBSG.VX  
     
    COMPANY STATEMENTS  CPR-CH  
    * BB Biotech  BION.S  said 2015 preliminary profit after tax 
was 653 million Swiss francs ($647.30 million). It will propose 
a dividend distribution of 14.50 francs per share, a yield of 5 
percent. The board also says it plans a five-for-one stock 
split.  BION.S    
    * Geberit  GEBN.VX  said Robert F. Spoerry would step down 
as a board member. A search for a replacement is underway. 
 GEBN.VX  
    * AFG Arbonia Forster  AFGN.S  said it has purchased a 31 
percent stake in Gaulhofer to strengthen an existing supply 
agreement for plastic windows.  AFGN.S  
    * Daetwyler  DAE.S  said its net result will be lower than 
2014 due to higher taxes and "significant currency losses." 
 DAE.S  
    * CFT  CFT.S  said revenue in 2015 fell 1.7 percent in 
constant currencies to 814.5 million Swiss francs ($807.39 
million).  CFT.S  
    * Interroll Holding  INRN.S  said net profit for 2015 is 
expected to be around 29 million francs, up 52 percent.  INRN.S  
    * Leclanche  LECN.S  said it told shareholders it aimed in 
2016 to boost its orders on hand to 75 MWh, double sales, reduce 
its EBITDA loss by half and secure financing for growth and 
operations.  LECN.S  
    * Basilea  BSLN.S  said GSK (GlaxoSmithKline) informed 
Basilea that it had elected to discontinue its U.S. alitretinoin 
programme.  Basilea has the option to re-acquire the U.S. 
alitretinoin rights. GSK continues to commercialize it in its 
current markets.  BSLN.S  
    * Richemont  CFR.VX  said it completed a transaction several 
weeks ago to buy the 40 percent stake of Swiss watchmaker Roger 
Dubuis that it did not already own.  CFR.VX  
         
    ECONOMY  M-CH  
    Swiss National Bank Chairman Thomas Jordan sees scant danger 
of a deflationary spiral in Switzerland, he said in an interview 
aired by Swiss broadcaster SRF.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nZ8N13W01V 
    ($1 = 1.0088 Swiss francs) 
 
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