Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on Dec 8

Schaffner Holding AG

08/12/2015 05:49

ZURICH, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The following are some of the main 
factors expected to affect Swiss stocks on Tuesday: 
     
    CREDIT SUISSE  CSGN.VX  
    The Australian arm of Credit Suisse Group AG CSGN.VX hired 
the long-standing head of equity capital markets at rival 
investment bank UBS Group AG  UBSG.VX , Simon Cox, a spokeswoman 
said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N13X1TE 
    For more click on  CSGN.VX  
     
    NOVARTIS  NOVN.VX  
    More than 90 percent of young people with a deadly form of 
blood cancer showed complete remission after getting a new 
Novartis therapy, mirroring findings from previous smaller 
samples and buoying the drugmaker's hopes for U.S. approval in 
2017.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N13T3G7 
    Basel-based Novartis also said its copycat version of 
Amgen's  AMGN.O  Neulasta worked just as well as the original 
drug in preventing a condition that can lead to infections among 
breast cancer sufferers.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN13T05H 
    For more click on  NOVN.VX  
     
    SWISS RE  SRENH.VX   
    The reinsurer holds its investor day.  
    For more click on  SRENH.VX  
       
    COMPANY STATEMENTS  CPR-CH  
    * Schaffner  SAHN.S  said sales declined by 6 percent in the 
2014/15 fiscal year to 201.8 million Swiss francs ($201.82 
million). It said it expects to return to "the growth path" in 
the 2015/16 fiscal year.  SAHN.S  
     
    ECONOMY  M-CH  
     
 
 
($1 = 0.9999 Swiss francs) 
 
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