Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on February 19
19/02/2026 06:12
ZURICH/GDANSK, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Here are some of the main factors that may affect Swiss stocks on Thursday: ZURICH INSURANCE GROUP ZURN.S Zurich Insurance beat market expectations for annual operating earnings on Thursday, fuelled by a better-than expected performance in its property and casualty business. NESTLE NESN.S Nestle reported better than expected fourth-quarter sales growth on Thursday and said it was in advanced negotiations over the sale of its remaining ice cream business to Froneri as it continues to streamline its portfolio. COMPANY STATEMENTS * Avolta AVOL.S expands in Italy with a new entry into Verona and Florence airports * Cembra Money Bank says FY net revenue CHF 542 Million ECONOMY Swiss January trade due at 0700 GMT. Swiss Q4 Industrial production due at 0730 GMT. (Reporting by Zurich newsroom and Gdansk newsroom) ((+41 58 306 7336; zurich.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com)) For Top News in a multimedia Web format on Eikon visit: https://bit.ly/2NDFd6g FOR RELATED PRICES, NEWS AND OTHER TOPICS, DOUBLE-CLICK ON: Daily Swiss stock market report in German .SDE All SMI constituent stocks 0#.SSMI DJ STOXX index .STOXX Top 10 STOXX sectors .PGL.STOXXS Top 10 EUROSTOXX sectors .PGL.STOXXES Swiss mid-cap index .SSMI Swiss all-share index .SSHI Swiss market digest .AD.S Sector overview CH/SECTOR1 All Swiss news CH Swiss research news CH-RCH All equity news E SPEED GUIDES: EQUITY, EQUITY/NEWS1, EUR/EQUITY, SWITZERLAND, REUTERS