Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on Jan. 4

HBM Healthcare Investments AG

04/01/2019 05:55

ZURICH/BERLIN, Jan 4 (Reuters) - The Swiss blue-chip SMI
 .SSMI  was seen opening higher on Friday, according to
premarket indications by bank Julius Baer  JBPRE01 .
    Here are some of the main factors that may affect Swiss
stocks:
    
    CREDIT SUISSE  CSGN.S 
    Three former Credit Suisse Group bankers were arrested in
London on Thursday on U.S. charges that they took part in a
fraud scheme involving $2 billion in loans to state-owned
companies in Mozambique, a spokesman for U.S. prosecutors said.
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    SIX SWISS EXCHANGE
    Trading turnover in 2018 rose 1.1 percent to 1.361 trillion
Swiss francs. The number of trades rose 17.3 percent to 60.3
million. The market share of SIX in Swiss large-cap trading rose
 to 70.6 percent from 68.3 percent, SIX said. 
      
    COMPANY STATEMENTS  E-CH 
    * HBM Healthcare Investments AG  HBMN.S : 9M net profit of
around CHF 81 million versus 85.6 million year ago; NAV in year
2018 +9.9%  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1Z30CR
    * Zur Rose Group  ROSEG.S : Increased share capital by
355,887 shares.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASP0004DP
    * Emmi AG  EMMN.S : acquires blue cheese plant from Great
Lakes Cheese Company  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1Z30DT
    * Basilea's  BSLN.S  partners generated Cresemba sales of
more than $150 million in 2018
    * Jungfraubahn Holding  JFN.S  said it transported 1.07
million passengers in 2018, up 2.4 percent
    
    RESEARCH
    SONOVA HOLDING AG  SOON.S : BERNSTEIN CUTS PRICE TARGET TO
SFR 155 FROM SFR 160
    STRAUMANN HOLDING AG  STMN.S : BERNSTEIN CUTS PRICE TARGET
TO SFR 680 FROM SFR 755 
    LONZA GROUP AG  LONN.S : CREDIT SUISSE CUTS PRICE TARGET TO
SFR 300 FROM SFR 330
    CASSIOPEA SPA  SKIN.S : JEFFERIES CUTS PRICE TARGET TO SFR
70
    COSMO PHARMACEUTICALS NV  COPN.S : JEFFERIES CUTS PRICE
TARGET TO SFR 155
    IDORSIA LTD  IDIA.S : JEFFERIES CUTS PRICE TARGET TO SFR 18
    LONZA GROUP AG: JEFFERIES CUTS PRICE TARGET TO SFR 365

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