Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on March 26

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26/03/2021 05:44

ZURICH/BERLIN, March 26 (Reuters) - Here are some of the
main factors that may affect Swiss stocks on Friday:
    
    CORONAVIRUS
    After a Swiss vaccine summit on Thursday with shotmakers
Moderna and Pfizer, Health Minister Alain Berset predicted his
country would receive 10.5 million vaccines by July, enough to
vaccinate everybody in Switzerland who wants a shot, he said.
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    CREDIT SUISSE  CSGN.S 
    Credit Suisse CSGN.S will give more junior members of its
capital markets and deal businesses a $20,000 "lifestyle"
allowance as it tries to maintain morale among staff feeling the
strain from heavy workloads and remote working.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2LN2HF
    
    ABB  ABBN.S  
    The Swiss engineering company said on Thursday it will
launch a share buyback worth around $4.3 billion as it seeks to
return proceeds from the sale of 80% of its Power Grids unit to
Japan's Hitachi.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2LN2EQ
    
    PARTNERS GROUP  PGHN.S  
    The private equity is exploring the sale of lab firm Cerba,
Bloomberg News reported  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2LN41K

          
    COMPANY STATEMENTS
    New Value  NEWN.S  announced it would hold an EGM on a
proposed capital increase of up to 50 million Swiss francs and
said it would propose the election of Roman Scharf as Chairman,
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    ANALYSTS' VIEWS

    
    ECONOMY
    No major Swiss economic data scheduled.

 (Reporting by Zurich newsroom and Berlin Speed Desk)
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