Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on July 12

Hypothekarbank Lenzburg AG

12/07/2018 06:58

ZURICH, July 12 (Reuters) - Here are some of the main
factors that may affect Swiss stocks on Thursday:
    
    PARTNERS GROUP  PGHN.S  
    Asset manager Partners Group  PGHN.S  saw 6.2 billion euros
($7.24 billion) in gross client demand in the first six months
of 2018, helping it confirm its full-year outlook.  L8N1U80NO 

    COMPANY STATEMENTS  CPR-CH 
    * Hypothekarbank Lenzburg  HBLN.S  said it generated a
profit of 9.8 million Swiss francs in the first half of the
year.  HBLN.S 
    * Kuehne + Nagel  KNIN.S  said it strengthened its pharma
logistics offering in Chile with a new logistics hub.  KNIN.S 
    * Novartis  NOVN.S  is exiting its antibiotics research in
the San Francisco Bay area and cutting 140 jobs there, Bloomberg
reported  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N1U75Z1
    * DKSH  DKSH.S  said profit after tax grew 4.5 percent to
97.5 million Swiss francs in the first half of the year. It said
it expected  further net sales growth and an operating result
around last year's level in 2018.  DKSH.S 
    * LLB  LLBN.S  said it expected its profit to fall 24
percent to around 46 million Swiss francs in the first half. Net
new money was 1.1 billion francs.  LLBN.S 
    * Aventron  AVENT.BN  raised 94.3 million Swiss francs in
fresh capital through a completed financing round  AVENT.BN 
    
    ECONOMY  M-CH 

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