Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on April 28

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28/04/2021 05:37

ZURICH/BERLIN, April 28 (Reuters) - Here are some of the
main factors that may affect Swiss stocks on Wednesday:
    
    ROCHE  ROG.S 
    Roche said the advisory committee of the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration voted in favor of maintaining accelerated
approval of Fenentech’s Tecentriq for PD-L1-positive, metastatic
triple-negative breast cancer.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASA021ZK  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASN0014CY
    
    LONZA  LONN.S , NESTLE  NESN.S  
    Drugmaker Lonza Group, under pressure to find workers to
help speed production of Moderna Inc's  MRNA.O  COVID-19
vaccine, is recruiting temporary employees from food giant
Nestle to staff Swiss plants making ingredients for the shot,
state broadcaster RTS said on Tuesday, citing sources.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2MK33A
    
    CREDIT SUISSE  CSGN.S  
    A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday revived a lawsuit accusing
Credit Suisse Group AG of causing huge losses by defrauding
investors in a complex product for betting on stock market
swings that lost 96% of its value in a single day.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2MK1NZ
    
      
    COMPANY STATEMENTS
    * Sika  SIKA.S  said it had agreed to acquire Hamatite,
adhesives business of Yokohama Rubber.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASN0014D7
    * Santhera  SANN.S reported the end results on its
convertible bond exchange offer.
    * Private Equity  PEHN.S  said it will propose dividend of 2
Sfr per share.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2MK123
    
    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
    ALCON  ALCC.S  - 0.10 sfr/shr dividend proposed
    
    ANALYSTS' VIEWS
    VZ HOLDING AG  VZN.S : CREDIT SUISSE RAISES TO OUTPERFORM
FROM UNDERPERFORM; RAISES TARGET PRICE TO CHF 90 FROM CHF 68
    
    ECONOMY
    Swiss April investor sentiment due at 0800 GMT. 
    

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