ZURICH, Aug 19 (Reuters) -
The following are some of the main factors expected to affect Swiss stocks on Tuesday:
SWISSCOM AG SCMN.VX
Telecommunications operator Swisscom reports second-quarter net income of 433 million Swiss francs ($443.60 million), slightly beating forecasts by analysts in a Reuters poll. ID:SCMN.VX
SCMN.VX
SYNGENTA AG SYNN.VX plans to divest its premium flowers seeds business from its Lawn and Garden operating unit.
SYNN.VX
ROCHE ROG.VX says it's acquiring Kapa Biosystems to strengthen its next-generation sequencing product offerings. It didn't give a price.
ROG.VX
CICOR TECHNOLOGIES LTD CICN.S said it's first-half order intake was down 1.6 percent to 98.6 million francs. Sales fell more than 10 percent.
CICN.S
CEMBRA MONEY BANK CMBN.S said first-half net income rose 8 percent to nearly 70 million francs.
CMBN.S
COMPANY STATEMENTS CPR-CH
* SONOVA HOLDING AG SOON.VX said Tuesday its Advanced Bionics unit received U.S. FDA approval for new sound processors. ID:nFWN10T01S
* IMPLENIA IMPN.S said it won a 235 million franc order to build first infrastructure section of Stockholm's new bypass. ID:nFWN10T037
* BUCHER BUCN.S said Michael Hausermann is leaving the Bucher Municipal division. He'll be replaced by Coean van Rosmalen who has been at the company's Johnson Sweeper unit in the United Kingdom.
* SIEGFRIED HOLDING SFZN.S said its first-half profit rose to 21.1 million Swiss francs, up from 18.8 million francs in the year-earlier period.
ECONOMY M-CH
($1 = 0.9761 Swiss francs)