Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on May 6

Liechtensteinische Landesbank Aktiengesellschaft

06/05/2016 05:49

ZURICH, May 6 (Reuters) - The following are some of the main 
factors expected to affect Swiss stocks on Friday: 
     
    AUTOFORM 
    France's Dassault Systemes  DAST.PA , U.S. software company 
Autodesk  ADSK.O  and buyout groups such as TA Associates and 
Permira are in the running to acquire Swiss industrial software 
group Autoform, people familiar with the matter said. 
    For more click  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N18055P 
     
    SPICE PRIVATE EQUITY 
    GP Investments Ltd, the largest Latin American 
private-equity firm, has won control of Spice Private Equity Ltd 
on Thursday after buying out two partners in the 
Switzerland-based company for about $51 million, further 
expanding beyond Brazil. 
    For more click  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N1820H0 
       
    COMPANY STATEMENTS  CPR-CH  
    * Fitch Ratings said UBS's  UBSG.S  first-quarter results 
highlighted the sensitivity to a drop in client transactions. 
 UBSG.S  
    * Nestle  NESN.S  in the United States gave its support for 
lower sodium targets and said it would increase the number of 
foods and beverages across its global portfolio that could 
reasonably fit into a dietary pattern that contains less than 
2,000 milligrams of sodium per day.  NESN.S  
    * Liechtensteinische Landesbank  LLB.S  said shareholders at 
its ordinary general meeting approved all proposals by its board 
of directors.  LLB.S  
    * Georg Fischer  FIN.S  said its piping systems unit 
acquired PT Eurapipe Solutions Indonesia, which generated sales 
of about $20 million in 2015. No financial details of the 
transaction were disclosed.  FIN.S   
    * Datacolor AG  DCN.S  posted net sales of $33.8 million in 
the first half of 2015/16, down from $34.4 million a year 
earlier in part due to currency effects.  DCN.S  
     
    ECONOMY  M-CH  
    * Swiss National Bank's foreign currency reserves for April 
due at 0700 GMT. 
     
 
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