Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on March 6

VP Bank AG

06/03/2018 05:58

ZURICH, March 6 (Reuters) - Here are some of the main
factors that may affect Swiss stocks on Tuesday:
    
    LINDT & SPRUENGLI  LISP.S  LISN.S 
    Reports 2017 financial results after weakest sales growth in
nearly a decade  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1PB0L9
      
    COMPANY STATEMENTS  CPR-CH 
    * Logitech International  LOGN.S  said it expects operating
income of $310 million to $320 million during its 2019 fiscal
year.   LOGN.S 
    * Oerlikon  OERL.S  said it expects order intake to increase
up to 3.4 billion Swiss francs and sales to around 3.2 billion
Swiss francs for the full year 2018, after it 78 percent rise in
profit from continuing operations during 2017.  OERL.S 
    * Sika  SIK.S  said it has successfully placed a 300 million
Swiss franc  ($319.42 million) bond.  SIK.S 
    * Meyer Burger  MBTN.S  said it has won contracts with a
combined order volume of about 14 million Swiss francs for its
industrialised diamond wire based DW 288 Sapphire cutting
system.  MBTN.S 
    * Forbo Holding  FORN.S  said its profit from continuing
operations before one-off costs fell to 119.8 million Swiss
francs in 2017 from 127.6 million a year earlier.  FORN.S 
    * VP Bank  VPBN.S  reported a 13.4 percent in net income to
65.8 million francs and proposed increasing its dividend to 5.5
francs from 4.5 francs.  VPBN.S 
    * Dormakaba Holding  DOKA.S  reported its first half profit
rising to 113.6 million francs from 95.8 million francs.
 DOKA.S 
    
    
    ECONOMY  M-CH 
    Consumer price data for February due at 0815 GMT
    


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