Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on Feb 17

St Galler Kantonalbank AG

17/02/2016 05:48

ZURICH, Feb 17 (Reuters) - The following are some of the 
main factors expected to affect Swiss stocks on Wednesday: 
     
    UBS  UBSG.VX  
    Activist investor Knight Vinke sold a roughly 1 percent 
stake in UBS late last year, a spokesman said on Tuesday, 
exiting a position it sought to leverage to convince the largest 
Swiss bank to change its strategy.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N15V5E9 
    For more click  UBSG.VX  
     
    CLARIANT  CLN.VX  
    The Swiss speciality chemical maker reports fourth-quarter 
earnings on Wednesday. The average estimate by analysts for net 
profit was for 65.9 million Swiss francs in a Reuters poll. 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N15U3MH 
    For more click  CLN.VX  
       
    COMPANY STATEMENTS  CPR-CH  
    * St Galler Kantonalbank  SGKN.S  posted a 2015 consolidated 
profit of 133.4 million Swiss francs, down 8.8 percent on the 
previous year. In an adjustment of its medium-term targets, it 
said the proportion of new business to the assets under 
management in the next five years should amount to 3 percent 
instead of the previous 4 percent. It raised the target 
cost/income ratio to 55 percent from 50 percent.  SGKN.S  
    * SANDPIPER Digital Payment  MSA.BN  said it had increased 
its stake in Antwerp-based PlayPass NV to 32 percent.  MSA.BN  
    * Kuehne und Nagel  KNIN.VX  said it will manage Corning 
Life Sciences Asia-Pacific's distribution hub.  KNIN.VX  
     
    ECONOMY  M-CH  
    The ZEW Investor Sentiment  CHZEW=ECI  is due at 1000 GMT. 
     
 
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