Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on May 9
09/05/2025 05:57
ZURICH/GDANSK, May 9 (Reuters) - Here are some of the main factors that may affect Swiss stocks on Friday: UBS UBSG.S Swiss lender UBS is in talks to sell its hedge fund unit, O'Connor, to U.S. brokerage Cantor Fitzgerald, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. NESTLE NESN.S Nestle has hired Rothschild to advise on the sale of its water division later this year, four people familiar with the matter told Reuters, as the Swiss food giant looks to refocus on bigger brands. LONZA GROUP LONN.S The company posted its qualitative update for Q1, reporting strong CDMO performance in Q1 2025. COMPANY STATEMENTS * SONOVA HOLDING AG SOON.S - Full year results due. ANALYSTS' VIEWS VAT GROUP AG VACN.S - JP MORGAN CUTS TARGET PRICE TO CHF 361 FROM CHF 437 EX-DIVIDEND KUEHNE & NAGEL KNIN.S - 8.25 CHF/ shr dividend ECONOMY Swiss Q2 consumer confidence data due at 0700 GMT. (Reporting by Zurich newsroom and Gdansk newsroom) ((+41 58 306 7336; zurich.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com)) For Top News in a multimedia Web format on Eikon visit: https://bit.ly/2NDFd6g FOR RELATED PRICES, NEWS AND OTHER TOPICS, DOUBLE-CLICK ON: Daily Swiss stock market report in German .SDE All SMI constituent stocks 0#.SSMI DJ STOXX index .STOXX Top 10 STOXX sectors .PGL.STOXXS Top 10 EUROSTOXX sectors .PGL.STOXXES Swiss mid-cap index .SSMI Swiss all-share index .SSHI Swiss market digest .AD.S Sector overview CH/SECTOR1 All Swiss news CH Swiss research news CH-RCH All equity news E SPEED GUIDES: EQUITY, EQUITY/NEWS1, EUR/EQUITY, SWITZERLAND, REUTERS