Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on Nov 17
17/11/2017 05:50
ZURICH, Nov 17 (Reuters) - The following are some of the
main factors expected to affect Swiss stocks on Friday:
ROCHE ROG.S
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved
Roche's Hemlibra, a new medicine for haemophilia A that the
Swiss drugmaker is counting on to help to offset eroding sales
of older medicines going off patent. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1NM614
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COMPANY STATEMENTS CPR-CH
* Schaffner SAHN.S said it expects net profit in a range
of 7-9 million Swiss francs for 2016/17. SAHN.S
* Dufry DUFN.S said it has successfully refinanced its
main bank credit facilities of 3.4 billion Swiss francs. The
agreement extends the maturity to 2022 and the new financing
structure will generate combined yearly interest savings of
around 50 million francs, the company said. DUFN.S
* Schweiter Technologies's SWTQ.S 3A Technology &
Management AG has signed an agreement with Halter AG to sell its
investment property in Neuhausen. The transaction will generate
a book gain in the single-digit Swiss franc millions for
Schweiter, the company said.
ECONOMY M-CH
Recent moves by the U.S. Federal Reserve to tighten its
monetary policy is helping the Swiss National Bank in its
campaign against the "highly valued" Swiss franc, SNB Governor
Andrea Maechler said on Thursday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nZ8N1I500U
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