Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on July 30

Kardex Holding AG

30/07/2019 05:48

ZURICH/BERLIN, July 30 (Reuters) - Here are some of the main
factors that may affect Swiss stocks on Tuesday:
    
    ABB  ABBN.S 
    Sandvik  SAND.ST  Chief Executive Officer Bjorn Rosengren
has emerged as the front-runner for the top job at the
engineering company, Bloomberg reported.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N24U4HY
    
    UBS  UBSG.S 
    The bank has reached a provisional deal with Italian
prosecutors to pay 3 million euros to settle a money-laundering
investigation, two sources said, in a move to end one of its
biggest legal headaches in Europe.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N1SI016
    Additionally, UBS has hired a new deputy head of its chief
investment office in the Americas, according to an internal
memo.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N24U11G
    
    COMPANY STATEMENTS  E-CH 
    * Bucher Industries  BUCN.S  reported a group profit of 122
million Swiss francs for the first half of the year.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN24U19Z
    * Meyer Burger Technology AG  MBTN.S  said it was informed
by Sentis Capital PCC, the investment vehicle of Russian
billionaire Petr Kondrashev, that several shareholders with
participation of Sentis have formed a group under terms of a
shareholders' agreement to coordinate their interests. The
shareholder group holds 10.425% of voting rights through shares
and derivatives.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN24U139
    * Kardex  KARN.S  said net profit rose 18.8% to 20.2 million
euro in the first half of the year.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN24U14X
    
    ANALYSTS' VIEWS
    DKSH HOLDING AG  DKSH.S : Credit Suisse cuts target price to
sfr 50 from sfr 57
    
    ECONOMY  M-CH 
    Swiss July KOF indicator due at 0700 GMT. Seen at 93.0
points.

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