Swedish stocks: Seen opening flat, Hexagon CEO sells half his stake in the company
09/08/2018 07:49
** Swedish shares seen opening unchanged on Thursday in line with European
markets
** Asian share markets found support on Thursday as a rally in Chinese
stocks helped offset the latest escalation in the Sino-U.S. trade war, while
Russia's rouble tumbled as the United States slapped fresh sanctions on the
country urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N1V024K
** Hexagon CEO Ola Rollen sells half his stake in the company for 318
million Swedish crowns ($35.5 million) for private financial reasons. Says has
no intention of selling further shares urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1V01NQ
** Active Biotech ACTI.ST Q2 operating loss falls to 7.3 mln SEK
ID:nFWN1V009D
** Eltel ELTEL.ST Q2 operative EBITA swings to profit ID:nFWN1V008J
IG pre-market trading Stockholm OMXS30 unchanged
Stoxx Europe 50 future STXEc1 unchanged
MSCI index Asia Pacific ex Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS +0.6 pct
S&P 500 close previous trading day .SPX ended flat
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