Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on Jan 27

Compagnie Financiere Tradition SA

27/01/2016 05:46

ZURICH, Jan 27 (Reuters) - The following are some of the 
main factors expected to affect Swiss stocks on Wednesday: 
     
    ZURICH INSURANCE  ZURN.VX   
    The insurer poached Generali  GASI.MI  boss Mario Greco as 
its new chief executive as of May 1, an appointment it hopes 
will revive its fortunes and which has left its Italian rival in 
the lurch.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N15A3VY 
     
    NOVARTIS  NOVN.VX  
    Reports 2015 results, core net income seen down 3.7 pct 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1552CP 
     
    LONZA  LONN.VX  
    Reports 2015 results, core EBIT seen up 8.4 pct  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1554F4 
     
     
    COMPANY STATEMENTS  CPR-CH  
    * Compagnie Financière Tradition  CFT.S  said its wholesale 
electronic trading platform ParFX was launching trading in 
Hungarian forint.  CFT.S  
    * Schlatter Group  STRN.S  said it recorded in 2015 an order 
intake of 72.9 million Swiss francs and realized net sales of 
83.2 million francs. It confirmed it would conclude 2015 within 
the expectations communicated at the beginning of last year and 
report an operating loss in the mid single-digit million range. 
 STRN.S  
    * USI Group  USIN.S  said Chief Executive Ravi Singh had 
informed the company that due to new professional commitments he 
wished to resign his positions effective immediately.  
     
    ECONOMY  M-CH  
    UBS consumption indicator for December due at 0700 GMT 
 
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