Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on April 2

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02/04/2019 06:07

ZURICH/BERLIN, April 2 (Reuters) - Here are some of the main
factors that may affect Swiss stocks on Tuesday:
    
    NOVARTIS  NOVN.S 
    Novartis must face a U.S. government lawsuit accusing it of
paying millions of dollars in kickbacks to doctors so they would
prescribe its drugs, after a federal judge ruled in a decision
that the government had offered evidence of a "company-wide
kickback scheme."  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N21J0SD
    Additionally, the company's Avexis unit expands its gene
therapy manufacturing capacity with the purchase of a biologics
therapy manufacturing campus in Colorado, it said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN21J0YU
    
    JULIUS BAER  BAER.S 
    Julius Baer's sale of its Italian asset manager stalls over
risk of losing staff, Bloomberg reported.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N21J3N5
    
    MEDACTA 
    Swiss medical technology company Medacta's bookrunner said
the IPO pricing guidance is 94-98 Swiss francs per share; books
are oversubscribed throughout the original price range.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN21J0TS
      
    SWISSCOM  SCMN.S 
    AGM due
    
    VONTOBEL HOLDING  VONN.S 
    AGM due
    
    COMPANY STATEMENTS  E-CH 
    * Kuehne + Nagel  KNIN.S  has been awarded a three-year
logistics contract for an Airbus A380 refurbishment project with
Singapore Airlines  SIAL.SI  for 14 aircraft.  KNIN.S 
    * SFS Group  SFSN.S  announced it buys Triangle Fastener
Corporation, a provider of fasteners and other products for the
commercial construction industry.  SFSN.S 
    
    ECONOMY  M-CH 
    Swiss March CPI data due at 0630 GMT, seen +0.4 pct m/m,
+0.6 pct y/y
    

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