Brightbridge Wealth Management Headlines: Swiss Stocks Rise; Syngenta, UBS, Bucher Shares Climb
in Zurich
Matthias Wabl Wednesday, May 18, 2011
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Brightbridge Wealth Management Headlines: Swiss Stocks Rise; Syngenta, UBS, Bucher Shares Climb
in Zurich
Matthias Wabl Wednesday, May 18, 2011
http://www.
sfgate.
com/cgi-bin/article.
cgi?f=/g/a/2011/05/18/bloomberg1376-LLDUBC07SXKX015T4ABHND0DCIKH9I8EI1OVMDOD.
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May 18 (Bloomberg) — Swiss stocks advanced, led by gains in chemicals companies and banks.
Syngenta AG, the Basel, Switzerland-based pesticides maker, climbed 1.
7 percent.
UBS AG added 0.
8
percent.
The Swiss Market Index of the biggest and most actively traded companies rose 0.
5 percent to 6,527.
16 at
10:28 a.
m.
in Zurich.
The benchmark has rallied 8.
4 percent since March 16 as company earnings
exceeded estimates.
The broader Swiss Performance Index increased 0.
5 percent.
Syngenta added 1.
7 percent to 292.
5 Swiss francs after announcing the launch of Vibrance, a seed
treatment fungicide based on the new active ingredient sedaxane.
UBS, Switzerland’s largest bank, increased 0.
8 percent to 16.
25 francs, its
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