Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on Aug 17
17/08/2015 06:14
ZURICH, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Here are factors that could
affect Swiss stocks:
LAFARGEHOLCIM LHN.VX
The biggest maker of cement says it is divesting assets in
India and plans to use the proceeds from the transaction to
reduce debt.
LHN.S
ROCHE HOLDING ROG.VX
The Swiss drug company says a Phase II study showed its
investigational immunotherapy atezolizumab shrank tumours in
people with a specific type of lung cancer.
ROG.VX
VZ HOLDING VZN.S
The Swiss wealth manager says it boosted its 1H revenues by
18.5 percent to 112 million Swiss francs ($114.60 million). Net
profit grew nearly a third to 42.9 million francs.
VZN.S
COMPANY STATEMENTS CPR-CH
ORASCOM DEVELOPMENT ODHN.S
The Egyptian builder says in a preliminary first-half 2015
announcement that it expects an increase in revenue of 35-40
percent.
ODHN.S
ECONOMY M-CH
Switzerland publishes retail sales for June at 0700 GMT.
($1 = 0.9773 Swiss francs)
(Reporting by Zurich newsroom)
((+41 58 306 7336)(zurich.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com))
((For Top News in a multimedia Web format on Eikon visit:
https://emea1.views.cp.extranet.thomsonreuters.biz/Explorer/NEWSxTOPNEWS.aspx?group=SP_GROUP_001&page=SP_PAGE_001&pageName=FrontPage
FOR RELATED PRICES, NEWS AND OTHER TOPICS, DOUBLE-CLICK ON:
Daily Swiss stock market report in German................ .SDE
All SMI constituent stocks............................ 0#.SSMI
News on major Swiss stock price moves.................. CH-HOT
FTSE Eurotop 300 index................................ .FTEU3
DJ STOXX index........................................ .STOXX
Top 10 STOXX sectors............................. .PGL.STOXXS
Top 10 EUROSTOXX sectors........................ .PGL.STOXXES
Top 10 Eurotop 300 sectors....................... .PGL.FTEU3S
Top 25 European pct gainers... .PG.PEUR , losers... .PL.PEUR
Swiss mid-cap index .SSMI SMI futures 0#SMI:
Swiss all-share index .SSHI Market statistics CH/STATS1
Swiss market digest .AD.S Sector overview CH/SECTOR1
All Swiss news CH Swiss diary CH/DIARY
Swiss research news CH-RCH Virt-x sectors VX/SECTOR1
All equity news E Virt-x price index .VMIP
INTERNET ADDRESSES: Virt-x www.virt-x.com
Swiss Exchange www.swx.ch/
Eurex www.eurexchange.com
STOXX Ltd www.stoxx.com
SPEED GUIDES: VX/EQUITY EQUITY EQUITY/NEWS1 EUR/EQUITY
SWITZERLAND REUTERS ))
Keywords: MARKETS SWISS STOCKS/