Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on March 28
28/03/2018 07:09
ZURICH, March 28 (Reuters) - The Swiss blue-chip SMI .SSMI
was seen opening 0.9 percent lower at 8,565 points on Wednesday,
according to premarket indications by bank Julius Baer
JBPRE01 .
Here are some of the main factors that may affect Swiss
stocks:
NESTLE NESN.S
* Food giants Nestle, Kraft Heinz KHC.O and Unilever
ULVR.L are expected to bid for GlaxoSmithKline's GSK.L
Horlicks health nutrition business, which could fetch more than
$4 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
* Separately, Nestle Chief Executive Mark Schneider said in
an interview in NZZ the group was still negotiating with
European buying group Agecore to end a spat over prices.
For more, click on NESN.S
ROCHE ROG.S
The Swiss drugmaker's Chugai unit said on Wednesday that a
court in Tokyo had ruled that Shire's SHP.L claim regarding
the Swiss drugmaker's new Hemlibra haemophilia medicine should
be dismissed in its entirety.
For more, click on ROG.S
COMPANY STATEMENTS CPR-CH
* ams AMS.S said it implemented a revised earn-out
structure gaining 100 percent acceptance by former Heptagon
shareholders to reflect higher-than-expected capital expenditure
requirements. AMS.S
* Implenia IMPN.S said its order backlog rose to 6.4
billion Swiss francs in the first quarter, compared to 6.0
billion francs at the end of 2017. IMPN.S
* Bucher Industries BUCN.S said it had taken over the
remainder of the Emhart glass joint venture in China that it did
not already own. It gave no financial details of the
transaction. BUCN.S
* Vaudoise Assurances VAHN.S said its consolidated
full-year net profit fell to 120.7 million francs, hurt by its
claims burden. VAHN.S
* Plazza Immobilien PLANZ.S said it expects to see a
significant increase in 2018 property income of around one
quarter. PLANZ.S
* Cembra Money Bank CMBN.S said it signed a partnership
pact with Swiss startup Lendico, adding it expects the deal to
begin adding to earnings in 2019. CMBN.S
* Givaudan GIVN.S said Chris Thoen, head of Global Science
& Technology, decided for private reasons to retire at the end
of August 2018. GIVN.S
ECONOMY M-CH
* Swiss investor sentiment for March due at 0800 GMT
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