Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on April 14

Gurit Holding AG

14/04/2022 06:00

ZURICH/BERLIN, April 14 (Reuters) - The Swiss blue-chip SMI
 .SSMI  was seen opening 0.5% higher at 12,440 points on
Thursday, according to premarket indications from bank Julius
Baer  JBPRE01 .
    Here are some of the main factors that may affect Swiss
stocks:
    
    POWER
    The Swiss government is readying a financial safety net for
the electricity sector, it said on Thursday, citing increased
liquidity requirements amid unprecedented price swings
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    NOVARTIS  NOVN.S 
    Sandoz launches generic vesion of AbbVie's brimonidine
tartrate/timolol maleate eyedrop in United States for patients
with ocular hypertension
    
    HOLCIM  HOLN.S  
    The cement maker declined comment on a Bloomberg report it
is weighing the sale of India's $9.6 billion Ambuja Cements
 HOLN.S 
    Shares indicated up 2%
    
    SWISS RE  SRENH.S 
    Releases 2021 financial condition report, says group
maintained its very strong capital position throughout 2021
despite COVID-19 impacts  SRENH.S 
    
    COMPANY STATEMENTS
    * Sonova Holding AG  SOON.S : to carry out share buyback
with a maximum volume of CHF 1.5 billion for the purpose of
reducing capital  SOON.S 
    * VAT Group AG  VACN.S : expects quarterly sales growth
through 2022 and as a result substantially higher full-year
sales, EBITDA, and net income in 2022, as well as higher EBITDA
margin and free cash flow  VACN.S 
    * SHL Telemedicine LTD  SHLTN.S : FY net loss $13.9 mln
versus net profit $0.3 mln year ago  SHLTN.S 
    * WISeKey International Holding AG  WIHN.S : FY revenue rose
51% to $22.3 million  WIHN.S 
    * Bank Linth  LINN.S : LLB reports 93.26% stake in Bank
Linth  LINN.S 
    * Bystronic  BYS.S  Q1 sales up at CHF 204.1 mln
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    * Geberit  GEBN.S  shareholders approve all proposals
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    * Gurit sells aerospace business to Isovolta  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASM0007RY
    * Komax Holding  KOMN.S  says annual general meeting
supports combination of Komax Holding AG and Schleuniger AG
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    * Meyer Burger  MBTN.S  nominates Katrin Wehr-Seiter as
member of board of directors  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASM0007RV

    ANALYSTS' VIEWS
    SWISS RE AG  SRENH.S : JP MORGAN CUTS TARGET PRICE TO CHF
100 FROM CHF 105
        
    ECONOMY
    March producer/import price index data due at 0630 GMT

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