Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on Aug 14
14/08/2018 06:37
ZURICH, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Here are some of the main factors
that may affect Swiss stocks on Tuesday:
SWISS LIFE SLHN.S
The largest Swiss life insurer said net profit rose by 7
percent in the first half of 2018, beating analyst forecasts. It
also appointed Matthias Aellig to take over as Chief Financial
Officer on March 1, 2019.
For more news, click on SLHN.S
GEBERIT GEBN.S
Geberit reported a near two thirds increase in second
quarter earnings on Tuesday as the Swiss plumbing supplier
overcame higher raw materials prices for plastics and industrial
metals it uses in its products.
For more news, click on GEBN.S
NOVARTIS NOVN.S
The Swiss pharma company said it appointed Siemens'
SIEGn.DE Klaus Moosmayer as Chief Ethics, Risk and Compliance
Officer. He will join the group on Dec 1.
For more, click on NOVN.S
ZKB ZKB.UL
Swiss lender Zuercher Kantonalbank (ZKB) has agreed to pay
about $98 million to resolve a U.S. investigation into its role
in tax evasion by wealthy Americans using undeclared Swiss bank
accounts, a U.S. prosecutor said at a court hearing on Monday.
For more, click on urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1V11WE
COMPANY STATEMENTS CPR-CH
* Arbonia ARBNO.S said operating income after tax with
continuing operations amounted to 6.7 million in the first half
of the year and it was on track to achieve its financial
targets. ARBNO.S
* Basilea BSLN.S said total revenue increased by 30
percent to 59.9 million Swiss francs in the first half of the
year and it made significant progress in clinical programs.
BSLN.S
* Credit Suisse CSGN.S is breaking up its international
wealth management unit into seven regions, Bloomberg reported.
CSGN.S
* Elma Electronic ELMN.S said its first-half net profit
rose to 2.4 million Swiss francs. ELMN.S
* Flughafen Zurich FHZN.S on Monday said 3.1 million
passengers passed through it in July, 4.9 percent higher than
the year before. FHZN.S
* Implenia IMPN.S said it won an order worth around 155
million Swiss francs to extend a metro line in Lyon, France.
IMPN.S
* Kudelski KUD.S said it reached an agreement whereby
SmarDTV's Conditional Access Module (CAM) and Set-Top Box
businesses are transferred to SmarDTV Global, a newly set up
entity affiliated with Neotion. KUD.S
* Orascom Development Holding ODHN.S said it had a net
loss of 16.4 million Swiss francs in the first half of 2018,
including a one-off FX translations loss of 16.7 million francs.
* Straumann STMN.S said underlying net profit reached 140
million Swiss francs in the first half and it raised its
guidance for full-year organic revenue growth to mid-teens.
STMN.S
* Tornos Holding TOHN.S said its net profit rose to 5.5
million Swiss francs. TOHN.S
ECONOMY M-CH
* Producer/Import Price Index to be released at 0715 GMT
($1 = 0.9939 Swiss francs)
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