Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on December 23

Swiss Steel Holding AG

23/12/2019 05:48

BERLIN/ZURICH, Dec 23 (Reuters) - The Swiss blue-chip SMI
 .SSMI  was seen opening 0.1% lower at 10,673 points on Monday,
according to premarket indications from bank Julius Baer
 JBPRE01 .
    Here are some of the main factors that may affect Swiss
stocks:
    
    CREDIT SUISSE  CSGN.S 
    Credit Suisse said internal and external investigations
found senior executive Peter Goerke was placed under observation
on behalf of the bank in February, but there was no indication
Chief Executive Tidjane Thiam was aware of the surveillance,
echoing the findings of reviews conducted after former CS banker
Iqbal Khan was tailed in September.
    For more, click on  CSGN.S 
    
    ROCHE  ROG.S 
    The Swiss drugmaker said it entered into a $1.15 billion
licensing agreement with Sarepta Therapeutics  SRPT.O  to obtain
the right to launch and commercialize Sarepta's gene therapy for
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) outside the United States.
    For more, click on  ROG.S 

    COMPANY STATEMENTS  
    * DKSH  DKSH.S  said it signed an agreement to acquire
specialty chemicals distributor Axieo, thereby expanding the
geographical footprint of its Performance Materials Business
Unit in the Pacific region.  DKSH.S 
    * Schmolz+Bickenbach  STLN.S : NZZ reported that the
company's third-biggest shareholder, the founding families'
Schmolz+Bickenbach Beteiligungs GmbH, had taken legal action in
front of the Swiss Federal Administrative Court against Swiss
financial market watchdog FINMA's decision to allow the two
biggest shareholders' to increase their stakes without
submitting an offer for the remaining shares.  STLN.S 
    
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    ECONOMY
    * No major Swiss economic data scheduled
    

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