News: RIO Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on Nov. 19

ZURICH/BERLIN, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Here are some of the main factors that may affect Swiss stocks on Monday:

ABB ABBN.S Talks between ABB and Hitachi 6501.T on a sale of all or parts of ABB's power grid business are at a "fairly developed stage", but a deal is not yet assumed and the potential value of the transaction still unknown, the Financial Times reported, citing people close to the matter.

NESTLE NESN.S Nespresso aims to use sustainable aluminium in all of its coffee capsules by 2020 under a deal with mining major Rio Tinto RIO.L (RIO) .

Also, Nestle's Indian business is pitted against Unilever in the final round of negotiations for GlaxoSmithKline's GSK.L consumer nutrition business in India, the Economic Times reported.

NOVARTIS NOVN.S Novartis said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded the use of its low platelets drug to treat patients with a rare, genetic blood disorder.

Additionally, Alphabet's GOOGL.O life sciences division Verily said that it was putting on hold a smart contact lens designed to help monitor sugar levels. Verily had partnered with Novartis' Alcon to develop the lens.

RAIFFEISEN SWITZERLAND Raiffeisen Switzerland is seeking to have its purchase of private equity firm Investnet annulled, SonntagsZeitung reported, months after financial market supervisor FINMA found the bank's handling of conflicts of interest was inadequate, including in relation to that transaction.

Prosecutors are investigating former Chief Executive Pierin Vincenz, who denies wrongdoing, on suspicion of breach of trust linked to cashless payments business Aduno as well as Investnet.

COMPANY STATEMENTS

• Cosmo Pharmaceuticals COPN.S said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had approved a new drug to treat travellers' diarrhoea.
• Oerlikon OERL.S said it deepened its partnership with Airbus AIR.PA , having received a qualified supplier status.

  ECONOMY The Swiss National Bank's policy of negative rates combined with the ability to intervene in currency markets if needed is appropriate given risks such as Brexit, SNB Governing Board member Andrea Maechler said.

  Standard & Poor's affirmed Switzerland's rating at 'AAA/A-1+', outlook stable.

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