Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on Sept 29

Schaffner Holding AG

29/09/2017 05:50

ZURICH, Sept 29 (Reuters) - The following are some of the 
main factors expected to affect Swiss stocks on Friday: 
       
    COMPANY STATEMENTS  CPR-CH  
    * Rieter  RIEN.S  said it has agreed with the works council 
at its Ingolstadt location on a package of measures for 
employees affected by a planned reduction in the workforce. The 
offers submitted to 220 employees include termination contracts 
or a switch to a transfer company. For 2017, Rieter anticipates 
a negative impact on earnings of 36 million Swiss francs. 
 RIEN.S  
    * Myriad Group  MYRN.S  said the SIX Swiss exchange approved 
its to delist from Swiss exchange. The final day of trading on 
the exchange will be April 27, 2018 and the shares will then be 
delisted on April 30.  MYRN.S  
    * Schaffner Holding  SAHN.S  appointed Max Baenziger as 
chief operating officer (COO), taking up the position on April 1 
2018 at the latest and replacing Ah Bee Goh who will retire as 
vice president global manufacturing and COO.  SAHN.S  
    * Highlight Event and Entertainment  HLEE.S  said the 
Cantonal Court of Basel-Landschaft, as Court of Appeal, lifted 
the registration ban against the capital increase of Highlight 
Communications AG announced on June 12 and instructed the 
Commercial Register to carry out the registration.  HLEE.S  
    * Dormakaba Holding  DOKA.S  said it has issued bonds worth 
680 million Swiss francs in two tranches.  DOKA.S  
    * Eastern Property Holdings  EPH.S  posted a first-half net 
loss of $0.9 million.  EPH.S  
    * Perfect Holding  PRFN.S  posted a first-half net operating 
loss of 0.4 million francs (0.3 million in HY 2016) and said it 
continues the research and evaluation of opportunities for 
"amalgamation with companies of value".  PRFN.S  
     
    ECONOMY  M-CH  
    * KOF indicator  CHKOFL=ECI  for September due at 0700 GMT. 
Analysts in a Reuters poll expect it to rise to 105.5 points 
from 104.1 points in the previous month.   
     
 
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