Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on Feb. 4

Datacolor AG

04/02/2019 06:10

ZURICH/BERLIN, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Here are some of the main
factors that may affect Swiss stocks on Monday:
      
    JULIUS BAER  BAER.S  
    IFRS net profit attributable to shareholders grew by 4
percent to 735 million Swiss francs  ($737.43 million).
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    CEVA LOGISTICS  CEVAL.S  
    Company expects to report a full-year revenue of around
$7,356 million, versus $6,994 million in 2017, it said on
Monday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1ZY047
    
    SUNRISE COMMUNICATIONS  SRCG.S  
    The telecoms company is in advanced talks to buy Liberty
Global's  LBTYA.O  cable business in Switzerland, UPC, according
to people with direct knowledge of the situation, the FT
reported on Friday. It was unclear when a deal would be
announced and one person involved in the talks warned that the
negotiations could still fall apart, the paper said.
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    SYNGENTA 
    Agrochemicals giant Syngenta's Chief Executive reiterated he
was mulling a public listing outside of China in the next three
to four years, German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported on
Monday. "We will presumably be listed in Switzerland, in the
United States or in Hong Kong - or a combination of those
three," Sueddeutsche Zeitung quoted Erik Frywald as saying.
ChemChina bought Syngenta in 2017 for $43 billion. 
    
    
    COMPANY STATEMENTS  E-CH 
    * Swatch  UHR.S  said Jean-Claude Eggen was released from
the Extended Group Management Board as of Friday. He would keep
the function as responsible for the production business unit
Swatch.  UHR.S 
    * Roche Holding AG  ROG.S  said a U.S. district court issued
a final judgment in favour of Genentech and against Shire in a
patent lawsuit.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1ZW12Y
    * Datacolor AG  DCN.S  said it anticipated sales and
operating margins within the expected range for first half of
fiscal 2018/19.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1ZW0YP


    ANALYSTS' VIEWS
    *Aryzta AG  ARYN.S : Credit Suisse reinstate coverage with
"underperform" rating. 
    
    ECONOMY  M-CH 
    No major economic data due


($1 = 0.9967 Swiss francs)

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