Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on June 14

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14/06/2017 07:04

ZURICH, June 14 (Reuters) - The Swiss blue-chip SMI  .SSMI  
was seen opening 0.1 percent higher at 8,876 points on 
Wednesday, according to premarket indications by bank Julius 
Baer  JBPRE01 . 
    Here are some of the main factors that may affect Swiss 
stocks: 
     
    SWISS BANKS 
    Singapore and Hong Kong together will hold as much overseas 
wealth as Switzerland in four years' time, according to a study 
by Boston Consulting Group.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1J93QZ 
       
    COMPANY STATEMENTS  CPR-CH  
    * Adecco  ADEN.S  named Franz-Josef Schuermann as its chief 
sales and innovation officer.  ADEN.S  
    * BioTelemetry  BEAT.O  said the offer for LifeWatch 
 LIFE.S  had been successful. Aevis Victoria  AEVS.S  confirmed 
that its public takeover offer for LifeWatch did not succeed. 
 LIFE.S  
    * Zueblin Immobilien Holding  ZUBN.S  said it signed a 
contract to sell its German portfolio the contract to CLS 
Holdings plc. Closing of the transaction including 12 properties 
with an underlying gross asset value of 152.2 million euros is 
expected during the first half of the financial year 2017/18, 
the company said.  ZUBN.S  
    * Basilea Pharmaceutica  BSLN.S  said Basilea Pharmaceutica 
International Ltd has entered into a distribution and license 
agreement with Avir Pharma Incavir for Basilea's antifungal 
Cresemba and antibiotic Zevtera (ceftobiprole) in Canada. 
 BSLN.S  
    * Bossard Holding AG  BOS.S  says high sales growth 
continued in all market regions after Q1 2017, trend will yield 
an above-average mid-year profit; consolidated net income in 
first half of 2017 is expected to be more than 30 percent above 
last year's 31.3 million francs.  BOS.S  
    * Flughafen Zuerich AG  FHZN.S  said 2.5 million passengers 
were handled at Zurich airport in May (+3.8 percent versus 
previous year)  FHZN.S  
    * Feintool  FTON.S  said it has signed a syndicated loan 
agreement totalling 90 million Swiss francs with six banks from 
Switzerland and Germany.  FTON.S  
    * Zehnder Group  ZEHN.S  said it aims to restart production 
in Manisa from the beginning of July 2017 after a production 
stop that began on May 31, 2017. The reason for the production 
stop was the stronger earthquakes that were recently recorded 
and the related assessment of the safety of the production 
building, the company said.  ZEHN.S  
    * Schindler Holding  SCHP.S  appointed Julio Arce, head of 
Schindler Iberia, as a member of the group executive committee 
responsible for field quality and excellence. He succeeds Albert 
Haffert, who will retire at the end of June.  SCHP.S  
    * Straumann  STMN.S  and Rapid Shape said they have deepened 
the partnership formed earlier this year with the goal of 
accelerating the uptake of 3D printing technology in dentistry. 
Straumann has purchased a 35 percent non-controlling stake in 
Rapid Shape for an undisclosed sum.  STMN.S  
    * Zwahlen et Mayr  ZWM.S  said CFO Yves Bosson will leave 
the company.  ZWM.S  
    * Kuehne + Nagel  KNIN.S  said premium carmaker Jaguar Land 
Rover has appointed it to manage three warehouses in France, 
Spain and Italy in a contract that also includes transport 
management control tower function and customer contact centres 
for Jaguar Land Rover retailers for the region.  KNIN.S  
    * Lonza Swiss Finance  LONNI.UL  announced the pricing of 
its dual-tranche 235 million Swiss francs in straight bonds. 
 LONNI.UL  
    * Alpiq  ALPH.S  said it and fine chemicals manufacturer DSM 
had made secondary balancing power available to Swissgrid. 
 ALPH.S  
    * WISeKey International Holding  WIHN.S  said it will 
partner with the Blockchain interface company, RIDDLE&CODE, to 
develop solutions for securing Internet of Things via Blockchain 
technology and crypto-hardware.  WIHN.S  
    * Sulzer  SUN.S  said the Guangdong Higher Court in April 
rendered a final decision awarding Sulzer a permanent injunction 
and a final damage award against a Chinese rival in a patent 
dispute. http://www.sulzer.com/en/Newsroom/Business-News/2017/170603-Sulzer-Mixpac-Files-Lawsuits-Against-F-System-Cartridge-Copiers-and-Gains-Key-Judgments 
  
    
    ECONOMY  M-CH  
    Results of government bond tenders due around 0900 GMT 
 SWIW  
     
 
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