Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on Jan 26

Crealogix Holding AG

26/01/2016 06:53

ZURICH, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The following are some of the 
main factors expected to affect Swiss stocks on Tuesday: 
     
    ACTELION  ATLN.VX  
    Europe's biggest biotech firm said Health Canada had granted 
a notice of compliance for Uptravi, a new pulmonary arterial 
hypertension medicine.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN15901V 
     ATLN.VX  
     
    COMPANY STATEMENTS  CPR-CH  
    * Zuger Kantonalbank  ZG.S  saw profits of 61.5 million 
Swiss francs ($60.71 million) in 2015, a rise of 0.3 million 
compared to the previous year. The bank will propose an 
unchanged dividend policy of 175 francs per share at its April 
30 general meeting.  ZG.S  
    * SFS Group  SFSN.S  sales fell 0.5 percent in 2015 to 1.38 
billion francs but were up 4.6 percent when adjusted for 
currency effects. The manufacturer said profitability was 
significantly higher in the second year after business 
adjustments to counteract effects of the franc surge gained 
traction, and due to a seasonally higher level of sales. 
 SFSN.S  
    * Liechtensteinische Landesbank  LLB.S  said Heinz Knecht 
would retire effective June 30. Urs Mueller, currently head of 
the institutional clients division, will take over as head of 
the retail and corporate banking division with Natalie Epp 
heading the institutional clients division. LLB also appointed 
Epp as a new member of the group board of management effective  
July 1.  LLB.S  
    * Huber+suhner AG  HUBN.S  said net sales for the 2015 
fiscal year amounted to 706 million francs, down 6 percent on 
the previous year.  HUBN.S  
    * Tornos Holding  TOHN.S  saw group sales of 164 million 
Swiss francs in 2015, down 6.7 percent from the previous year. 
Adjusted for exchange rate effects, net sales were down 1.9 
percent. Tornos said order intake was hit by difficult 
environments in China and in the Swiss watchmaking industry. 
 TOHN.S  
    * Crealogix  CLXN.S  amd Hewlett Packard Enterprises  HPE.N  
are expanding their partnership on digital banking solutions. 
 CLXN.S  
    * Energiedienst Holding AG  EDHN.S  said full-year net 
profit for 2015 decreased from 56.2 million euros to 39.3 
million euros. The company also said it would nominate 
Christoph Mueller as member of the board.  EDHN.S  
    * Gurit Holding AG  GUR.S  said two car makers qualified its 
visual carbon prepregs SC 110 and SC 160.  GUR.S  
    * Leodan Privatbank AG reached a resolution with the U.S. 
Department of Justice under the depatment's Swiss bank 
programme. Leodan will pay a $500,000 fine in relation to the 
department's findings amongst a total 44 U.S.-related accounts 
that the bank held since August 2008, with an aggregate peak of 
approximately $59.42 million in assets under management, amongst 
which there were both accounts that were declared and undeclared 
to the U.S. authorities, the DOJ said. 
    * Banque Cantonale Du Jura SA  BCJ.S  said full-year net 
income for 2015 amounted to 8.6 million francs compared to 9 
million francs in the previous year.  BCJ.S  
    * Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank  BLKB.S  said CEO Beat 
Oberlin would retire as of April 1.  BLKB.S  
     
    ECONOMY  M-CH  
    December trade data due at 0700 GMT. 
 
 
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