Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on March 3

VP Bank AG

03/03/2017 05:42

ZURICH, March 3 (Reuters) - The following are some of the 
main factors expected to affect Swiss stocks on Friday. 
     
    SWISS LIFE  SLHN.S  
    The Swiss insurance company releases full year 2016 results. 
Second-half profit is seen up 11.6 percent, according to a 
Reuters poll.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1GE57Z 
    For more click  SLHN.S  
       
    COMPANY STATEMENTS  CPR-CH  
    ** Allreal Holding AG  ALLN.S  said it issued a 160 million 
Swiss francs ($158.24 million) bond to refinance existing 
liabilities.  ALLN.S  
    ** Kudelski SA  KUD.S  said its OpenTV, Inc. and Nagravision 
S.A. subsidiaries have filed a patent infringement suit against 
Shaw Communications, Inc.  SJRb.TO  in federal court in Canada. 
 KUD.S  
    ** VP Bank  VPBN.S  had its rating confirmed "A" by Standard 
& Poor's, which boosted its outlook to "positive" from "stable." 
 VPBN.S  
     
    ECONOMY  M-CH  
     
 
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