Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on May 2
02/05/2016 06:30
ZURICH, May 2 (Reuters) - Here are some of the main factors
that may affect Swiss stocks on Monday:
CHARLES VOEGELE VCH.S
The fashion retailer held unsuccessful merger talks in
recent months with German peer Adler Modemaerkte ADDG.DE ,
Swiss newspaper Schweiz am Sonntag reported, citing two
unidentified sources.
For more click on VCH.S
QATAR
Qatar's sovereign wealth fund is reducing its focus on
investments in Europe and placing more of its money with
external managers following an internal review, sources familiar
with the matter told Reuters. Qatar Investment Authority,
estimated by industry tracker Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute to
hold $256 billion of assets, is known as an aggressive investor
in high-profile European assets such as the Shard skyscraper and
Harrods department store in London, as well as Credit Suisse
CSGN.VX and Volkswagen VOWG_p.DE .
COMPANY STATEMENTS CH-E
* Valiant Holding AG VATN.S Q1 net interest income
increased by 6.0 percent to 70.4 million Swiss francs, net
income up by 16.6 percent to 23.4 million francs; Is still
expecting group profit for 2016 as a whole to be up slightly on
the previous year urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN17W1LU
* Therametrics TMX1.S said subject to and conditional upon
approval by the shareholders of the proposed capital increase
for the business combination with Relief Therapeutics SA and
execution of such capital increase, THERAMetrics is proposing to
change its name into RELIEF THERAPEUTICS Holding AG and to
transfer its corporate headquarters from Stans to Zurich.
* Wisekey WIHN.S reported its net loss narrowed to $6.5
million in 2015 from $32.8 million in 2014 while revenue fell to
$2.3 million from $3.5 million. "Based on the signing of
material contracts and co-operation agreements with global
customers and strategic partners, WISeKey has secured a
significant portion of projected revenues with accounts such as
MasterCard, Microsoft, The Bancorp, CenturyLink, Hublot,
Bulgari, and Samsung, corresponding to an expected turnover in
2016 of 50 - 60 million Swiss francs," it said.
ECONOMY M-CH
March retail sales data due at 0715 GMT
April PMI date due at 0730 GMT, seen at 52.8 points in poll
Swiss National Bank Chairman Thomas Jordan addresses seminar
on future of the euro at 1630 GMT
The head of the main Swiss hoteliers' group has called for
action to reverse the damage the strong franc is doing to the
country's tourism industry. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N17Y09Q
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