Swedish stocks: Seen opening unchanged, Jefferies ups SKF view

Ambea publ AB

21/08/2018 07:43

** Swedish shares seen opening unchanged on Tuesday, slightly outperforming
European markets 
    ** Asian stocks rose on Tuesday, supported by hopes Beijing and Washington
would dial back trade hostilities, though comments from the U.S. president about
the yuan and Federal Reserve policy capped gains and weighed on the dollar
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    ** Jefferies raises SKF  SKFb.ST  to buy from hold, ups target price to SEK
200 from SEK 190 vs closing price of SEK 174.30 on Monday 
    ** Alimak  ALIG.ST  Q2 operating profit falls to SEK 121 mln  ID:nFWN1VC019 
    ** BTS Group  BTSb.ST  Q2 pre-tax profit rises to SEK 59 mln, upgrades
full-year outlook  ID:nFWN1VB0LK 
    ** NCC  NCCb.ST  wins 520 mln SEK apartment building contract
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    ** Ambea  AMBEA.ST  Q2 operating profit rises to SEK 95 mln  ID:nFWN1VC00O 
           
 IG pre-market trading Stockholm OMXS30                     unchanged 
 Stoxx Europe 50 future                   STXEc1            -0.2 pct 
 MSCI index Asia Pacific ex Japan         .MIAPJ0000PUS     +0.6 pct 
 S&P 500 close previous trading day       .SPX              +0.2 pct 
 
    
    For European stock market report:  .EU 
    For global market roundup.  MKTS/GLOB 
    

 (RM:olof.swahnberg.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)