Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on May 11

Schaffner Holding AG

11/05/2017 05:38

ZURICH, May 11 (Reuters) - The following are some of the 
main factors expected to affect Swiss stocks on Thursday: 
     
    ZURICH INSURANCE  ZURN.S  
    The Swiss insurer will post first-quarter results at 0445 
GMT.  
    For more news, click on  ZURN.S  
     
    UBS  UBSG.S   
    Solium Capital Inc  SUM.TO  said it anticipates entering 
into an agreement with UBS Financial Services Inc, on terms that 
have been agreed to in principle. Under new agreement, UBS 
customers will upgrade to a UBS branded version of Shareworks, 
Solium's stock plan administration platform, Solium Capital 
said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1IC155 
    For more news, click on  UBSG.S  
       
    COMPANY STATEMENTS  CPR-CH  
    * Straumann  STMN.S  wants to acquire a stake in German 
3D-printing firm Rapid Shape and is willing to pay a 
double-digit million amount for it, CEO Marco Gadola told 
Handelszeitung.  STMN.S  
    * Bellevue Group  BBN.S  said it made a mistake in its 
annual results that results in a net loss of 0.7 million Swiss 
francs for 2016, instead of the initially reported 1.3 million 
loss. The overall loss of 1.7 million francs for the year 
remains unchanged.  BBN.S  
    * Lonza  LONN.S  said it successfully completed the rights 
offering approved by the annual general meeting last month. 
 LONN.S  
    * Schaffner  SAHN.S  said net sales in the first half of 
2016/17 rose 2.2 percent year on year to 94.6 million Swiss 
francs, while net profit improved to 4.2 million francs from 0.4 
million. The company said it was "confident" of exceeding the 
results of the same period last year in the second half of 
2016/17.  SAHN.S  
     
    ECONOMY  M-CH  
    * Swiss consumer price data for April due at 0715 GMT. 
Analysts in a Reuters poll expect consumer prices to rise 0.5 
percent year-on-year and 0.2 percent versus the previous month. 
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