Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on April 2

HBM Healthcare Investments AG

02/04/2020 05:33

ZURICH/BERLIN, April 2 (Reuters) - Here are some of the main
factors that may affect Swiss stocks on Thursday:
    
    CORONAVIRUS
    The head of the World Health Organization voiced deep
concern about the rapid escalation and global spread of cases
from the coronavirus, which has now reached 205 countries and
territories.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2BP75F
    Asian equities fell for a second session, after a dire
warning about the U.S. coronavirus death toll had investors
looking to the safety of dollars and bonds and bracing for more
bad news from U.S. jobless figures.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2BQ0CZ
    
    
    NOVARTIS  NOVN.S  
    The drugmaker said it had scrapped the sale of its U.S.
dermatology and generic pill assets to India's Aurobindo Pharma
 ARBN.NS  after failing to get approval from a U.S. regulator.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2BQ0NK
    
    SIX SWISS EXCHANGE
    The stock exchange's turnover rose by 67.5% y/y in March.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nZ8N29R01C
    Separately, The board of Spanish bourse BME  BME.MC  on
backed a 2.8 billion euro takeover offer from SIX.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2BP6L2
    
    ZURICH INSURANCE  ZURN.S 
    Shareholders approved a dividend of 20 Swiss francs per
share.
    
      
    COMPANY STATEMENTS
    * HBM Healthcare Investments  HBMN.S  said it expected a net
profit of more than 180 million Swiss francs for the past fiscal
year.  HBMN.S 
    
    
    ECONOMY
    * Swiss March CPI due at 0630 GMT. Seen +0.1% m/m, -0.5% y/y


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