Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on April 12

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12/04/2018 07:10

ZURICH, April 12 (Reuters) - The Swiss blue-chip SMI  .SSMI 
was seen opening 0.1 percent down at 8,700 points on Thursday,
according to premarket indications by bank Julius Baer
 JBPRE01 .
    Here are some of the main factors that may affect Swiss
stocks:
    
    SULZER  SUN.S 
    Swiss pumpmaker Sulzer is free of U.S. sanctions after
authorities approved its buyback of shares that has reduced
Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg's stake to less than 50
percent, it said on Thursday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1RP0R6
    
    NESTLE  NESN.S 
    The food group holds its annual shareholders meeting
      
    NUCLEAR ENERGY 
    A government ministry has determined it will cost an
anticipated 24.6 billion Swiss francs ($25.64 billion) to
decommission nuclear power plants and dispose of radioactive
waste, 1.1 billion francs more than previously requested.
Operators--such as Alpiq  ALPH.S , BKW  BKWB.S  and Axpo--may
therefore need to pay more into funds dedicated to these ends. 
    
    COMPANY STATEMENTS  CPR-CH 
    * Straumann  STMN.S  has acquired a minority stake in Dental
Monitoring, a French company specialised in remote dental
monitoring.  STMN.S 
    * Poenina Holding  PNHO.S  is confident it will be able to
improve results slightly in 2018 over 2017, which saw net profit
rise to 7.2 million francs from 6.0 the year before.  PNHO.S 
    * 96.9 percent of Goldbach  GBMN.S  shares have been
tendered to Tamedia  TAMN.S , both companies said.  GBMN.S 
 TAMN.S 
    * Sonova  SOON.S  will host an investor and analyst call at
1200 GMT on Thursday as it gears up to present new products at
the upcoming conference of the American Academy of Audiology
held April 18-21.  SOON.S 
    
    ECONOMY  M-CH 


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