Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on April 18

DocMorris AG

18/04/2024 06:06

ZURICH/BERLIN, Apr 18(Reuters) - Here are some of the
main factors that may affect Swiss stocks on Thursday:
    
    UBS AG  UBSG.S  
    UBS Group is planning another round of job cuts after its
takeover of Credit Suisse that is expected to affect over a
hundred positions across the group's global investment bank,
Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday.
    
    ABB  ABBN.S  
    ABB reported better than expected profit at the start of the
year, the Swiss engineering company said on Thursday, and said
it expected faster revenue growth in the coming months.
 
      
    COMPANY STATEMENTS
    
     Lonza Group  LONN.S  prices a EUR 1 bln straight bond with
3.875% coupon
    
     DocMorris AG  DOCM.S  launches approx. Chf 200 million
convertible bonds due 2029 
    
    Schindler Holding  SCHP.S  reports an order intake of 2.79
billion Swiss francs ($3.07 billion) after the first quarter of
2024
    
    ADDEX THERAPEUTICS  ADXN.S  
    Full year results due.
    
    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS
    
    SIEGFRIED HOLDING  SFZN.S  - 3.6 CHF/shr dividend proposed 
    LINDT & SPRUENGLI  LISN.S  - 1400 CHF/shr dividend proposed 
    NESTLE  NESN.S  - 3 CHF/shr dividend proposed 
    TECAN GROUP  TECN.S  - 3 CHF/shr dividend proposed 
    BUCHER INDUSTRIES  BUCN.S  - 13.5 CHF/shr dividend proposed 
    SOFTWAREONE  SWON.S   - 0.36 CHF/shr dividend proposed 
    
    ANALYSTS' VIEWS
    
    MOLECULAR PARTNERS AG  MOLN.S  - JP MORGAN CUTS TARGET PRICE
TO CHF 3.70 FROM CHF 4.00
    
    
    ECONOMY
    
    Swiss March trade balance due at 0600 GMT


($1 = 0.9100 Swiss francs)

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