Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on Feb 12
12/02/2016 06:26
ZURICH, Feb 12 (Reuters) - The following are some of the
main factors expected to affect Swiss stocks on Friday:
JULIUS BAER BAER.VX
Singapore's DBS Group Holdings DBSM.SI and Oversea-Chinese
Banking Corp OCBC.SI as well as Swiss bank Julius Baer have
submitted non-binding bids for Barclays' Asian private wealth
business, people familiar with the matter said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N15R0PI
For more click on BAER.VX
LAFARGEHOLCIM LHN.VX
The world's biggest maker of cement said Eurocement and
Russia's Sberbank SBER.MM have reduced their stakes to under 3
percent. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nZ8N14X00U
Thomas Schmidheiny, who owns about 12 percent of
LafargeHolcim's shares, told a Swiss newspaper he has not sold
shares in the biggest maker of building materials and stands by
the decision to merger Switzerland's Holcim and France's Lafarge
in 2015.
For more click LHN.VX
SCHINDLER SCHN.S
Schindler posted 2015 net profit of 747 million Swiss francs
($766.78 million), down 17 percent from last year as the
elevator and escalator maker was hurt by currency exchange rates
and by price pressure, including in China. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN15Q054
For more click on SCHN.S
ZUERCHER KANTONALBANK ZKB.UL
The local government-owned Swiss bank said net profit for
2015 rose 12 percent year-on-year to 722 million Swiss francs
($741.04 million). urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nZ8N14X00S
For more click on ZKB.UL
COMPANY STATEMENTS CPR-CH
* Novartis-owned NOVN.VX Sandoz said it had strengthened
its biosimilars portfolio with the acquisition of Pfizer's
PFE.N biosimilar infliximab in EEA. NOVN.VX
* In a fleet status report, Transocean RIGN.VX said the
total value of new contracts added since its October report was
approximately $500 million. RIGN.VX
* Sulzer SUN.S said it had appointed Armand Sohet as chief
human resources officer and member of the executive committee.
Sohet joins Sulzer from General Electric. SUN.S
* SGS SGSN.VX announced the acquisition of CyberMetrix
Inc. (CMX) based in the United States. CMX employs 50 staff and
generated 2015 revenue in excess of $15 million, SGS said.
SGSN.VX
* Temenos TEMN.S said it sees 2016 non-IFRS revenue growth
at constant currency exchange rates of 7.5 percent to 11
percent, implying that sales could rise up to $614 million.
TEMN.S
* Flughafen Zuerich FHZN.S said passenger numbers in
January rose 3.3 percent to 1.8 million. FHZN.S
* Clariant CLN.VX said that construction work has begun on
a new, state-of-the art masterbatch production unit in Yanbu,
Saudi Arabia. CLN.VX
* Zug Estates ZUGN.S said net income for 2015 of over 67
million Swiss francs will be above the previous year's result of
45.1 million francs, owing to its operating result and a surplus
from the revaluation of investment properties. ZUGN.S
* Graubuendner Kantonalbank GRKP.S said 2015 net profit
rose 4.4 percent year on year to 168.2 million Swiss francs.
GRKP.S
ECONOMY M-CH
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