Brightbridge Wealth Management Headlines: Swiss Stocks Rise; Syngenta, UBS, Bucher Shares Climb in Zurich

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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 first gain in six
days.

Bucher Industries
AG rose 1.6 percent to 209.3 francs. The agricultural machinery maker said its
Kuhn Group unit has a licensing and manufacturing agreement with Deere &
Co. to cooperate on large square balers.

“The strategic
cooperation with the world’s leading farm equipment producer underpins Kuhn’s
product and manufacturing strengths in farming,” Fabian Haecki, an analyst at
Vontobel Holding AG, wrote in a note to clients today.

Dufry Group
climbed 1 percent to 109.6 francs after surging 6.7 percent yesterday.