ZURICH/BERLIN, March 28 (Reuters) - The Swiss blue-chip SMI
.SSMI was seen opening 0.1 percent higher at 9,398 points on
Thursday, according to premarket indications by bank Julius Baer
JBPRE01 .
Here are some of the main factors that may affect Swiss
stocks:
ABB ABBN.S
ABB published its annual report, saying Chief Executive
Ulrich Spiesshofer received a total compensation of 8.54 million
Swiss francs last year.
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GIVAUDAN GIVN.S
Annual general meeting due
COMPANY STATEMENTS E-CH
* Investis IREN.S said its net profit excluding
revaluation effect rose by a third to 36 million Swiss francs
($36.18 million) in 2018. IREN.S
* Jungfraubahn Holding JFN.S said it generated a profit of
47.8 million Swiss francs last year. JFN.S
* Logitech International LOGN.S said Senior Vice President
Marcel Stolk resigned as a member of Logitech's group management
team, effective March 31. LOGN.S
* Metall Zug METN.S said it nominated Sandra Emme, Claudia
Pletscher and Dominik Berchtold to be elected to its board of
directors. METN.S
* Meyer Burger Technology MBTN.S said Oxford PV intends to
place up to 62.29 million of Meyer Burger shares. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN21E0OV
* Orascom Development ODHN.S said its largest Egyptian
subsidiary ORHD.CA generated net income of 500.2 million EGP
($28.96 million) in 2018. ODHN.S
* Orior AG ORON.S said that Andreas Lindner will assume
the role of chief financial officer in October 2019 ORON.S
* Santhera SANN.S said it plans to file an application for
conditional marketing authorization for Puldysa (idebenone) in
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) with the European Medicines
Agency in the second quarter of 2019. SANN.S
* Swiss Prime Site SPSN.S said Lonza LONN.S was renting
an additional 8000 m2 at its Stuecki Park site in Basel.
SPSN.S
* Thurgauer Kantonalbank TKBP.S said it appointed Daniel
Kummer to lead its private client business. TKBP.S
ECONOMY M-CH
No major economic data scheduled
($1 = 0.9949 Swiss francs)
($1 = 17.2700 Egyptian pounds)
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