Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on Aug 17

Implenia AG

17/08/2021 06:20

ZURICH/BERLIN, Aug 17 (Reuters) - The Swiss blue-chip SMI
 .SSMI  was seen opening 0.1% higher at 12,435 points on
Tuesday, according to premarket indications by bank Julius Baer
 JBPRE01 .
    Here are some of the main factors that may affect Swiss
stocks:
    
    SWISS LIFE
    Swiss Life  SLHN.S  boosted its first-half profit from
operations by 13% to 889 million Swiss francs ($973.6 million)
and net profit rose 15% to 618 million francs, Switzerland's
biggest life insurer said, confirming its financial
targets. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2PO0NM
      
    COMPANY STATEMENTS
    - Novartis  NOVN.S  announced positive results from phase
iii trials of beovu in diabetic macular edema, including dosing
intervals up to 16 weeks.  NOVN.S 
    - PolyPeptide  PPGN.S  reported a 54% rise in first half
revenue, and raised its full year guidance, saying it now
expects full year revenue to increase by 25% with a bigger
adjusted EBITDA margin of around 32%.  PPGN.S 
    - Basilea Pharmaceutica  BSLN.S  posted a half-year net loss
of 19.9 million Swiss francs.  BSLN.S 
    - Orior  ORON.S  Says H1 Revenue Rose 1.6% To 291.9 Mln CHF
 ORON.S 
    - ALSO Holding  ALSN.S  said it has completed its
acquisition of PIN Computers.  ALSN.S 
    - Schlatter Industries  STRN.S  Reports H1 Net Sales At CHF
44.8 Mln  STRN.S 
    - Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank  BLKB.S  And Lombard
Odier Plan Partnership  BLKB.S 
    - Partners Group  PGHN.S  said it expects to post a profit
of 585 to 645 million Swiss francs for the first half of the
year.  PGHN.S 
    - Komax  KOMN.S  H1 Order Intake At CHF 229.1 Million
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    - VP Bank  VPBN.S  H1 Net Income Up At CHF 29.9 Million
 VPBN.S  
    - Implenia  IMPN.S  H1 Revenue Down At CHF 1.88 Bln  IMPN.S 
    - Thurgauer Kantonalbank  TKBP.S  H1 Profit Up At CHF 74
Million  TKBP.S 
    - Medartis  MEDA.S  H1 Net Profit AT CHF 7.1 Million
 MEDA.S 
   -  Gurit Holding  GUR.S  H1 Net Sales At CHF 258.6 Million
 GUR.S 
   - Orascom Development Holding  ODH.S  reported a net profit
of 5.2 million Swiss francs for the first half of 2021, from
revenues which were 38% higher from a year earlier.  ODH.S 
    
    
    RATINGS
    KUEHNE UND NAGEL INTERNATIONAL AG  KNIN.S : JEFFERIES RAISES
TARGET PRICE TO CHF 300 FROM CHF 250

    ECONOMY
    No major Swiss economic data scheduled.

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