Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on April 21

Highlight Event and Entertainment AG

21/04/2020 05:48

ZURICH/BERLIN, April 21(Reuters) - Here are some of the main
factors that may affect Swiss stocks on Tuesday:
    
    CORONAVIRUS
    The Swiss death toll from the new coronavirus has reached
1,142, the country's public health ministry said on Monday,
rising from 1,135 people on Sunday.
    The number of positive tests also increased to 27,944 from
27,740 on Sunday, it said. The slowdown in the number of new
cases has allowed the Swiss government to start relaxing its
lockdown restrictions from April 27.   urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N2C209S
    
    SIKA  SIKA.S 
    Swiss construction and automotive chemicals maker Sika
 SIKA.S  abandoned its 2020 guidance, saying the novel
coronavirus pandemic made forecasts impossible after
first-quarter sales grew 15.4% to 1.81 billion Swiss francs
($1.87 billion).  L8N2C90JA 
    
    COMPANY STATEMENTS
    * Jungfraubahn Holding AG  JFN.S  revised its dividend
proposal from 25 March and announced that no dividend payment
shall be made for the year 2019 amid the global spread of the
new coronavirus. It said it assumed that the results for 2020
would fall significantly below those of previous years. 
    * Highlight Event And Entertainment  HLEE.S  reported a
fiscal year net profit of CHF 7.2 million.
    
    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS
    SIKA  SIKA.S  - 2.30 CHF/shr dividend proposed
    
    
    ECONOMY
    * Swiss March Trade Balance due at 0600 GMT
    * Swiss M3 data for March due at around 0700 GMT

        ($1 = 0.9704 Swiss francs)

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