Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on Dec 13

SHL Telemedicine

13/12/2017 07:07

ZURICH, Dec 13 (Reuters) - The Swiss blue-chip SMI  .SSMI  
was seen opening 0.3 percent lower at 9,335 points on Wednesday, 
according to premarket indications by bank Julius Baer 
 JBPRE01 . 
    The following are some of the main factors expected to 
affect Swiss stocks: 
       
    CRYPTOCURRENCY 
    One of the three board members of the Swiss foundation that 
conducted the online fundraiser for the embattled Tezos 
cryptocurrency tech project has resigned, Reuters has learned. 
The departure on Monday of Guido Schmitz-Krummacher, a Swiss 
legal and management expert, is likely to add further turmoil to 
the project, which raised $232 million in cryptocurrencies in 
July.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1OC1WL 
     
    LAFARGEHOLCIM  LHN.S  
    French cement group Lafarge paid close to 13 million euros 
($15.2 million) to armed groups including Islamic State 
militants to keep operating in Syria from 2011-2015, human 
rights lawyers said on Tuesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1OC5KR 
 
 
    COMPANY STATEMENTS  CPR-CH  
    * Sika  SIK.S  said it merged its regions North and Latin 
America to create a new region Americas.  
     Sika also agreed to buy certain assets of Grupo Industrial 
Alce, extending the waterproofing and roofing brands it has on 
sale in Mexico.  SIK.S  
    * SHL Telemedicine  SHLTN.S  said it had been informed by 
the Swiss Takeover Board that the proceeding regarding a 
potential mandatory tender offer by Himalaya TMT Fund and others 
had been extended to Kun Shen, who purchased Himalaya TMT Fund's 
in SHL and since increased her stake to 25.02 percent of voting 
rights.   SHLTN.S  
     
    ECONOMY  M-CH  
    * The Swiss Federal Treasury will publish the results of its 
latest bond tender at around 1000 GMT  SWIW . 
     
 
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