Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on Jan 24

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24/01/2017 06:29

ZURICH, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Here are some of the main factors 
that may affect Swiss stocks on Tuesday: 
     
      ROCHE  ROG.S  
    The drugmaker said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration 
(FDA) has granted priority review designation of the company's 
rheumatoid arthritis medication Actemra for giant cell arteritis 
(GCA).  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1FD0W3 
    For more news, click  ROG.S  
     
       
    COMPANY STATEMENTS  CPR-CH  
 
    * Aryzta  ARYN.S  said that following a review of five 
months of trading ending December 2016, the underlying fully 
diluted EPS is tracking around 20 percent behind prior year. 
 ARYN.S  
    * DKSH Holding  DKSH.S  said it had bought Europ Continents 
Cambodia, a medical device distributor in Southeast Asia for an 
undisclosed sum.  DKSH.S  
    * HCL Technologies  HCLT.NS  said UBS  UBSG.S  had renewed 
its Finance Operations services contract.  UBSG.S  
    * Huber+Suhner  HUBN.S  said net sales rose 4.4 percent in 
2016 to 737 million Swiss francs ($739 million). It also 
confirmed an EBIT margin at the upper end of the target range of 
6-9 percent for the 2016 financial year.  HUBN.S   
    * Tornos  TOHN.S  posted net sales of 136.2 million Swiss 
francs in the 2016 financial year, down 16.9 percent from 2015. 
Tornos said it failed to reach break-even point and overall is 
expecting a negative operating result (EBIT) and a negative net 
result, both in the low single-digit millions.  TOHN.S  
    * Zuger Kantonalbank  ZG.S  posted a full-year net profit of 
61.5 million Swiss francs and said it will propose dividend of 
175 francs per share.  ZG.S  
    * Aevis Victoria  AEVS.S  said it has launched a public 
takeover offer for all the publicly held registered shares of 
LifeWatch  LIFE.S  
    * La Banque Profil de Gestion SA  BPDG.S  said its 2016 net 
profit would be above the 2015 level.  BPDG.S  
    * Tedi, Woolworth and Kik signed an agreement with Charles 
Vögele Deutschland GmbH to buy a large part of the German store 
network of the Swiss retailer  VCH.S .  VCH.S  
    * Swiss Prime Site AG  SPSN.S  said it had succeeded in 
attracting Sensile Medical AG as the new anchor tenant for its 
USEGO site in Olten.  SPSN.S  
     
    ECONOMY  M-CH  
     
 
 
($1 = 0.9973 Swiss francs) 
 
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