Swedish stocks: Seen opening higher, HSBC cuts Atlas Copco recommendation
15/04/2019 07:36
** Swedish shares seen opening higher on Monday in line with European
markets
** Asian shares neared nine-month highs on Monday after U.S. Treasury
Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he hoped U.S.-China trade talks were approaching a
final lap, while strong Chinese export and bank loan data boosted confidence in
the global economy
** HSBC cuts its recommendation for Atlas Copco ATCOa.ST to hold from buy
** Nordea cuts its recommendation on Intrum Justitia INTRUM.ST to hold
from buy, according to news agency Direkt, which refers to Bloomberg
** SEB Equities cuts its recommendation on SSAB SSABa.ST to hold from buy,
cuts target price to SEK 37 from SEK 52, according to news agency Direkt, which
refers to Bloomberg
** Goldman Sachs raises its target price on Ericsson to SEK 103 from SEK 100
and maintains buy recommendation, according to news agency Direkt, which refers
to Bloomberg
** China's market regulator has launched an investigation into Swedish
telecoms equipment supplier Ericsson's ERICb.ST intellectual property
licensing business, the National Business Daily reported on Sunday urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N21W05Y
** Business daily Dagens Industri gives a buy recommendation for technical
consultant ÅF Pöyry AFb.ST
** Clas Ohlson CLASb.ST March sales up by 4 pct to SEK 605 mln
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASP00109Y
** Opus OPUS.ST revises its financial targets urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN21W01H
** Sectra SECTb.ST signs contract with region of Southern Denmark
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN21V04M
** Anders Martinsson ends his assignment as president and CEO of BE Group
BEGR.ST urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASP00109R
** Global Gaming 555 GLOBAL.ST withdraws proposed dividend, reports
preliminary Q1 figures urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N21X0IB
IG pre-market trading Stockholm OMXS30 +0.2 pct
Stoxx Europe 50 future STXEc1 +0.1 pct
MSCI index Asia Pacific ex Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS +0.4 pct
S&P 500 close previous trading day .SPX +0.7 pct
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