Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on July 1
01/07/2019 06:16
ZURICH/BERLIN, July 1 (Reuters) - The Swiss blue-chip SMI
.SSMI was seen opening 0.7 percent higher at 9,969 points on
Monday, according to premarket indications by bank Julius Baer
JBPRE01 .
Here are some of the main factors that may affect Swiss
stocks:
Stock markets
European stock investors and brokers are rushing to find
workarounds as Swiss shares are blocked from trading on EU
exchanges on Monday after a collapse in talks to resolve a
dispute between Brussels and Switzerland. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2410UV
LONZA LONN.S
The Swiss drug ingredients maker LONN.S is buying a
sterile fill-and-finish facility from Novartis NOVN.S in
northern Switzerland as it fills a gap in its offering for
drugmakers seeking to hire out more services. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN240097
LAFARGEHOLCIM LHN.S
The cement giant is looking into acquiring BASF's BASFn.DE
construction chemicals division, according to a Bloomberg report
NOVARTIS NOVN.S
The European Medicine Agency on Friday recommended against
extending marketing authorisation for Novartis's Revolade to add
treatment of previously untreated patients with severe aplastic
anaemia from 2 years of age, after concluding the design of the
study was not sufficiently robust to show the medicine is
effective. NOVN.S
SGS SGSN.S
The Swiss testing and inspections company said it acquired a
majority stake in Maine Pointe, LLC. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN24104D
SYNGENTA
Beijing's ambassador to Switzerland said ChemChina's $43
billion takeover of seed and agrochemicals firm Syngenta was a
mistake, adding he would have tried to stop the 2017 deal had he
been in Bern at the time, a newspaper reported in an interview
on Saturday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2400CO
SWISS PRIME SITE SPSN.S
Chief Executive Rene Zahnd said he sees no "dark clouds" on
the horizon for office properties, according to an interview in
Finanz & Wirtschaft in which he said the individual
characteristics of such properties, rather than the strength of
the economy, are decisive. SPSN.S
ALUFLEXPACK AFPD.S
The Swiss listed packaging maker that just completed its IPO
expects to grow in the low, two-digit percentage rate in coming
years, including some acquisitions as well as organic expansion,
CEO Igor Arbanas told Finanz & Wirtschaft. AFPD.S
SNB SNBN.S
Central banks grappling with fast-changing financial
technology and companies like Facebook FB.O moving into finance
will aim to work together more closely through an innovation hub
approved on Sunday by the Bank for International Settlements.
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COMPANY STATEMENTS:
* Cosmo Pharmaceuticals COPN.S has received Canadian
approval for Eleview. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN240090
* DKSH Holding DKSH.S acquires Australian consumer goods
distributor CTD, it said on Monday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN240093
* Cembra Money Bank CMBN.S said it would acquire Cashgate
AG.
* Basilea BSLN.S said it has extended a Phase 2 study of
its Darazantinib meedicine in bile duct cancer BSLN.S
* Dufry DUFN.S said it signed a 7-year contract to operate
specialty stores at the Helsinki Airport DUFN.S
* Lastminute.com LMN.S said it bought Qixxit, an
intermodal travel platform LMN.S
* Komax KOMN.S said Juergen Hohnhaus will replace Guenther
Silberbauer on the executive committee KOMN.S
* Aevis Victoria AEVS.S said Medical Properties Trust had
bought a 4.9% stake. AEVS.S
* Obseva OBSN.S said it had appointed Elizabeth Garner as
chief medical officer OBSN.S
ECONOMY M-CH
*May retail sales due at 0630 GMT.
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