Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on July 22
22/07/2021 05:41
ZURICH/BERLIN, July 22(Reuters) - Here are some of the main
factors that may affect Swiss stocks on Thursday:
UBS UBSG.S
Swiss lender UBS Group AG plans to raise the salaries of
global banking analysts, associates and directors, a person
familiar with the matter told Reuters, following a trend set by
Wall Street peers urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2OX3V1
ABB ABBN.S
Second-quarter results due
ROCHE HOLDING ROG.S
Half-year results due
GIVAUDAN GIVN.S
Swiss flavour and fragrance maker Givaudan confirmed its
mid-term targets on Thursday after reporting its net profit and
sales grew in the first half of 2021, helped by a strong
recovery in the parts of the business hit by the COVID-19
pandemic last year urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2OX177
SIKA SIKA.S
Swiss construction chemicals company Sika AG reported higher
first-half sales and profit on Thursday and said it expected
sales growth in the range of 13%-17% for the full year
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2OY0LJ
COMPANY STATEMENTS
* Sulzer AG SUN.S said it expects full-year orders to
increase 4-6% SUN.S
* Temenos TEMN.S said second-quarter earning before
interest and taxes EBIT rose to $85.4 million TEMN.S
ANALYSTS' VIEWS
GEBERIT AG GEBN.S : HSBC RAISES TARGET PRICE TO CHF 650
FROM CHF 620
JULIUS BAER GRUPPE AG BAER.S : CREDIT SUISSE RAISES TARGET
PRICE TO CHF 72 FROM CHF 70
BACHEM HOLDING AG BANB.S : CREDIT SUISSE RAISES TARGET
PRICE TO CHF 566 FROM CHF 395
RIETER HOLDING AG RIEN.S : CREDIT SUISSE RAISES TARGET
PRICE TO CHF 179 FROM CHF 150
UBS GROUP AG UBSG.S : HSBC RAISES TARGET PRICE TO CHF 17
FROM CHF 16.7
TEMENOS AG TEMN.S : JP MORGAN RAISES TARGET PRICE TO CHF
155 FROM CHF 150
GEORG FISCHER AG FIN.S : CREDIT SUISSE RAISES TARGET PRICE
TO CHF 1,550 FROM CHF 1,480
ECONOMY
No major Swiss economic data scheduled
(Reporting by Zurich newsroom and Berlin Speed Desk)
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