Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on March 1

Schaffner Holding AG

01/03/2019 05:48

ZURICH/BERLIN, March 1 (Reuters) - Here are some of the main
factors that may affect Swiss stocks on Friday:
    
    ROCHE  ROG.S  
    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it approved a new
formulation of Genentech's Herceptin for subcutaneous use.
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    UBS  UBSG.S  
    The bank has hired consumer and retail banker Romitha Mally
as vice chairman for investment banking, according to an
internal memo sent out on Thursday which a UBS spokeswoman
confirmed.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N20N2AV
    
    RAIFFEISEN SCHWEIZ  RFSHW.UL 
    2018 results due
    
    COMPANY STATEMENTS  E-CH 
    * Schaffner Holding  SAHN.S  said its board of directors
nominated Christian Herren as new CFO, succeeding Kurt
Ledermann. 
    
    ANALYSTS' VIEWS
    KUEHNE & NAGEL  KNIN.S  - Bernstein raises to "outperform"
from "market-perform". 
    
    ECONOMY  M-CH 
    * Swiss January retail sales due at 0730 GMT 
    * Swiss February manufacturing PMI due at 0830 GMT. Seen at
53.6, down from 54.3 

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