Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,303.10	+8.60	0.06%
S&P 500	1,649.60	-0.91	-0.06%
Nasdaq	3,459.14	-0.27	-0.01%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,303.10

+8.60

0.06%

S&P 500

1,649.60

-0.91

-0.06%

Nasdaq

3,459.14

-0.27

-0.01%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,764.29	-12.49	-0.45%
FTSE 100	6,654.34	-42.45	-0.63%
DAX	8,305.32	-46.66	-0.56%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,764.29

-12.49

-0.45%

FTSE 100

6,654.34

-42.45

-0.63%

DAX

8,305.32

-46.66

-0.56%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	14,612.50	+128.47	0.89%
Hang Seng	22,618.70	-51.01	-0.23%
S&P/ASX 200	4,983.50	-78.95	-1.56%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

14,612.50

+128.47

0.89%

Hang Seng

22,618.70

-51.01

-0.23%

S&P/ASX 200

4,983.50

-78.95

-1.56%

Swiss Daybook: Novartis, Actelion, UBS, Synthes and Schindler

By Corinne Gretler - 2011-04-19T05:48:34Z

Novartis AG (NOVN)’s first-quarter profit fell as sales of influenza vaccines slumped following the end of the flu pandemic last year.

Net income dropped to $2.77 billion from $2.93 billion a year earlier, the Basel, Switzerland-based company said today. Analysts forecast profit of $2.57 billion, the average of eight estimates compiled by Bloomberg in the past month. Sales increased 16 percent to $14 billion. The company confirmed its forecasts for 2011.

EQUITIES: *Actelion said first-quarter net income was 146.3 million Swiss francs, beating analysts’ estimates *Kengeter’s thwarted UBS plan spurs Gruebel cuts to buoy returns *J&J-Synthes takeover obscuring recalls in makeover: Real M&A *OC Oerlikon said first-quarter sales rose 35 percent to 953 million Swiss francs from 705 million francs a year earlier, company confirms outlook *Schindler Holding reported first-quarter net income of 185 million Swiss francs, up 22 percent from a year earlier *Sarasin plans new hires to target sharia-compliant business *GAM assets under management at 53.3 billion francs end of March *Adval Tech 2010 net loss SF10.9 mln

WHAT TO WATCH: *Syngenta holds annual general meeting at 10:00 a.m. in Basel *Adecco holds annual general meeting at 11:00 a.m. in Lausanne *Geberit holds annual general meeting at 4:30 p.m. in Rapperswil-Jona *Gategroup Holding holds annual general meeting at 10:00 a.m. at Zurich Airport *Implenia holds shareholder meeting *Swiss Prime Site holds annual general meeting at 4:00 p.m. in Olten *Temenos Group reports first-quarter results at 5:30 p.m. *Daetwyler Holding holds annual general meeting at 5:00 p.m. in Altdorf

ECONOMY/POLITICS: *Switzerland sells 3-month bills at 11:30 a.m.

MARKETS: *The SMI fell 2.4 percent to 6,244.95 *The SPI fell 1.5 percent to 5,748.19 *The Stoxx Europe 600 Index fell 1.6 percent to 273.40 *The MSCI Asia-Pacific Index fell 1.1 percent to 134.13 at 7:00 a.m. Zurich time *Euro-franc traded at 1.27498 at 7:03 a.m. Zurich time

To contact the reporter on this story: Corinne Gretler in Zurich at cgretler1@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Matthias Wabl at mwabl@bloomberg.net

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