Swiss stocks - Factors to watch On July 7

Valora Effekten Handel AG

07/07/2014 07:29

ZURICH, July 7 (Reuters) - Swiss stocks were seen opening 
flat on Monday, while European shares were seen slightly firmer, 
as investors shift their gaze to corporate earnings. 
    The Swiss blue-chip SMI  .SSMI  was seen opening virtually 
unchanged at 8,678 points, according to premarket indications by 
bank Julius Baer  JBPRE01 . 
    The following are some of the main factors expected to 
affect Swiss stocks on Monday. 
     
    HOLCIM  HOLN.VX   
    Cement makers Lafarge  LAFP.PA  and Holcim on Monday 
announced asset sales they are proposing to competition 
regulators as part of their merger plan, including all of 
Holcim's French activities and Lafarge's German ones. 
    For more, click on  HOLN.VX  
     
    HELVETIA  HELN.S   
    Swiss insurer Helvetia  HELN.S  said it planned to buy 
Nationale Suisse  NATN.S  to create an insurance company with 
estimated annual profits of more than 500 million Swiss francs 
($558.47 million). 
    For more, click on  HELN.S  
         
    SWISS HOUSING 
    Switzerland's property and equity markets are still at risk 
of instability due to the low interest rate environment, a board 
member of the Swiss central bank said in a newspaper interview 
published on Sunday. 
    For more, click on  ID:nL6N0PH0AP  
           
    COMPANY STATEMENTS  CPR-CH  
    * Adecco  ADEN.VX  said it had cancelled 10.182 million 
shares stemming from share buyback programmes and the new share 
capital comprised 179.082 million registered shares.  ADEN.VX  
    * Dufry  DUFN.VX  said it planned to issue 500 million euros 
of senior notes with a maturity of eight years, the proceeds 
from which will be used to partly finance the acquisition of The 
Nuance Group.  DUFN.VX       
    * Valora  VEHG.F  is looking at possible M&As and wants to 
expand into new countries, the company's chief executive said in 
an interview published on Saturday with Swiss newspaper Finanz 
und Wirtschaft. 
     
    ECONOMY  M-CH  
     
 
     
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