Swedish stocks: Seen opening higher, Telia Sweden head to leave the firm

Axfood AB

09/04/2018 07:58

** Swedish shares seen opening higher on Monday in line with European
markets 
    ** Asia shares rallies with S&P futures  ID:nL3N1RM14G 
    ** Helene Barnekow to leave her position as head of Telia Sweden  TELIA.ST ,
group CEO Johan Dennelind to temporarily head the Swedish unit  ID:nFWN1RL051 
    ** MyFC  MYFC.ST  proposes rights issue of SEK 75 mln, proposes Jorgen
Lantto as chairman of the board  ID:nFWN1RM05R 
    ** Elekta  EKTAb.ST  wins government tender in Mexico  ID:nASO00031F 
    ** JP Morgan starts Millicom  MICsdb.ST  coverage with underweight view, SEK
490 target price vs closing price of 560 crowns on Friday
    ** HSBC raises Atlas Copco  ATCOa.ST  target price to SEK 415 from SEK 390
vs closing price of 345.20 crowns on Friday
    ** Deutsche Bank raises Sobi  SOBIV.ST  target price to SEK 140 from SEK 120
vs closing price of SEK 154.70 on Friday
    ** Danske Bank raises its H&M  HMb.ST  recommendation to hold from sell
    ** Business daily Dagens Industri gives a buy recommendation for Axfood
 AXFO.ST  
    ** Handelsbanken ups its recommendation for Hexagon  HEXAb.ST  to accumulate
from reduce, according to Direkt 
    ** Handelsbanken Capital Markets raises its recommendation on Sweco
 SWECb.ST  to accumulate from reduce and ups its AF  AFb.ST  view to buy from
accumulate, according to news agency Direkt
    
    
            
 IG pre-market trading Stockholm OMXS30                     +0.7 pct
 Stoxx Europe 50 future                   STXEc1            +0.5 pct 
 MSCI index Asia Pacific ex Japan         .MIAPJ0000PUS     +0.7 pct 
 S&P 500 close previous trading day       .SPX              -2.2 pct 
 
    
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    For global market roundup.  MKTS/GLOB 
    
    

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