Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on Jan 26

Schlatter Industries AG

26/01/2017 05:59

ZURICH, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Here are some of the main factors 
expected to affect Swiss stocks on Thursday: 
       
    COMPANY STATEMENTS  CPR-CH  
    * Bellevue Group  BBN.S  on Wednesday evening said it 
expected pre-tax profit of almost 1 million Swiss francs in 2016 
based on preliminary results. The board of directors would 
propose a 1 franc cash distribution per share from capital 
contribution reserves to shareholders at the bank's annual 
general meeting.  BBN.S  
    * Santhera Pharmaceuticals  SANN.S  announced that it has 
received from Ernesto Bertarelli, Donata Guichard-Bertarelli, 
Maria-Iris Bertarelli, and Ralf Arnold, Markus Kuehnle and 
Thomas Terhorst the notification that they have combined their 
respective shareholdings in Santhera to form a new shareholder 
group.  SANN.S  
    *Starrag Group Holding  STGN.S  said its sales rose by 2 
percent during 2016 to 372 million Swiss francs  ($372.56 
million), while its order intake rose 44 percent to 480 million 
francs.  STGN.S  
    * Schlatter Industries  STRN.S  said it would report a 
"small profit" for 2016, in line with previous statements, after 
increasing sales 8.8 percent to 90.5 million francs.  STRN.S  
    * Meyer Burger  MBTN.S  said it has won orders worth around 
18 million Swiss francs for cell technology and cell coating 
systems from two Asian customers.  MBTN.S  
    * Ascom  ASCN.S  said it was confirming its mid term targets 
for 2020, saying it aimed to achieved 7 to 10 percent revenue 
growth in 2020 and aimed to reach an operating profit margin of 
20 percent.  ASCN.S  
    * Sunrise Communications  SRCG.S  said it was in the 
preliminary stages of considering a possible disposal of the 
larger part of its passive tower infrastructure, potentially 
supporting a faster deleveraging of the company.   SRCG.S  
    * Dufry  DUFN.S  said its joint venture with DFASS has been 
awarded the operation of the duty-free shops at El Dorado 
International Airport, Bogota, Colombia.  DUFN.S    
    * Berner Kantonalbank  BEKN.S  said it achieved a profit of 
129.4 million Swiss francs, down from 131.3 million francs. 
 BEKN.S  
     
     
     
 
    ECONOMY  M-CH  
    * Swiss trade data for December due at 0700 GMT. 
 CHTBAL=ECI  
 
 
($1 = 0.9985 Swiss francs) 
 
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