Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on April 17

Lalique SA

17/04/2019 06:25

ZURICH/BERLIN, April 17 (Reuters) - Here are some of the
main factors that may affect Swiss stocks on Wednesday:
        
    SWISS RE  SRENH.S  
    Annual general meeting. 
    
    COMPANY STATEMENTS  E-CH 
    * Roche  ROG.S  said group sales increased by 8 percent at
constant exchange rates and 9 percent in Swiss francs and raised
its outlook for 2019 to mid-single digit sales growth.
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    * ABB  ABBN.S  named Peter Voser as its interim CEO. It said
its board of directors and CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer had mutually
agreed for him to step down from his role, which he has held
since 2013.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N21Z0GS
    * Stadler Rail  SRAIL.S  said the over-allotment option of
its initial public offering of 5,250,000 existing shares at the
offer price of 38 Swiss francs per share had been fully
exercised.  SRAIL.S 
    * Temenos  TEMN.S  said it had a very strong start to 2019
with total software licensing growth of 28 percent in the first
quarter.  TEMN.S  
    * Novartis  NOVN.S  said Avexis data reinforce effectiveness
of Zolgensma in treating SMA Type 1.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN21Y0O1
    * Conzzeta  CONC.S  said its shareholders approved all
motions of board of directors its annual general
meeting. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN21Y0LQ
    * Bossard Holding  BOS.S  said it continued to expand its
expertise in additive manufacturing with 30 percent share of
Ecoparts AG.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN21U0DU
    * Sulzer  SUN.S  said order intake rose by CHF 84 million in
the first three months of 2019.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN21Y0YK
    * Panalpina Welttransport Holding  PWTN.S  reported Q1
consolidated profit of CHF 19.2 million and said to give an
outlook was not only more challenging than ever before, but was
also constrained by legal restrictions.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN21Y0OZ
    * Infinicon Holding  IFCN.S  reported a first-quarter slight
sales Increase over the fourth quarter of 2018 to $95.7 million.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN21Y0U9  
    * GAM Holding Group  GAMH.S  said it was well on track to
achieve CHF 40 million cost savings by end of 2019 and
reiterated its expectation that financial performance for first
half of 2019 will be materially below first half of 2018.
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    * Lalique Group  LLQ.S  reported full-year EBIT amounted to 
6.1 million euros, after reaching 7.5 million euros in 2017.
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    * Zur Rose Group AG  ROSEG.S  said it had grown by 28
percent in the first quarter of 2019 and reaffirmed revenue
forecast for the year as a whole.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASP0010DS

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