Swedish stocks: Seen opening higher, SKF profit tops forecast

Beijer Alma AB

26/04/2018 07:51

** Swedish shares seen opening higher on Thursday, outperforming European
markets 
    ** Chinese tech shares came under pressure following news that U.S.
prosecutors have been investigating if China's Huawei violated U.S. sanctions on
Iran  ID:nL3N1S31V3 
    ** Bearings maker SKF  SKFb.ST  Q1 operating profit tops forecast
 ID:nFWN1S3044  
    ** Kinnevik  KINVb.ST  Net Asset Value at 339 SEK/share March 31
 ID:nFWN1S3074 
    ** Fingerprint Cards  FINGb.ST  proposes Johan Carlstrom as chairman, four
board members decline reelection  ID:nFWN1S307A 
    ** SCA  SCAb.ST  Q1 EBITDA above forecast  ID:nFWN1S3048 
    ** Mycronic  MYCR.ST  Q1 EBIT rises to SEK 196 mln  ID:nFWN1S3047 
    ** Varian Medical  VAR.N , competitor to Elekta  EKTAb.ST , reported
earnings per share of $1.15 for its fiscal second quarter versus expectations of
$1.04 late on Wednesday  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASC09XFT
    ** Tobii  TOBII.ST  Q1 operating loss 37 mln SEK  ID:nFWN1S3070 
    ** BE Group  BEGR.ST  Q1 underlying operating result rises to SEK 48 mln
 ID:nFWN1S306E 
    ** Inwido  INWI.ST  Q1 EBITA SEK 37 mln  ID:nFWN1S306D 
    ** Nokia  NOKIA:HE , competitor to Ericsson  ERICb.ST , posts
weaker-than-expected quarterly profits, sees 5G accelerating  ID:nL8N1S30XB 
    ** Nokia CEO says ZTE U.S. export ban could help it longer-term
 ID:nL8N1S320Q 
    ** Kungsleden  KLED.ST  Q1 net profit for period rises to SEK 637 mln  ID: 
    ** SOBI  SOBIV.ST  Q1 beats forecasts, raises full-year profit, revenue
outlook  ID:nFWN1S3072 
    ** Beijer Alma  BEIAb.ST  Q1 pretax profit rises  ID:nFWN1S30E5 
    ** Karo Pharma  KARO.ST  Q1 EBITDA rose to SEK 89 mln  ID:nASO0003V9 
    ** SEB cuts its recommendation on Nordea  NDA.ST  to hold from buy and
lowers its price target to 97 SEK from 102 SEK vs closing price of 87.72 crowns
on Wednesday, according to news agency Direkt, refering to Bloomberg
    ** SEB cuts its recommendation on Holmen  HOLMb.ST  to sell from hold and
lifts its price target to 410 SEK from 390 SEK vs closing of 464.20 crowns,
according to Direkt which refers to Bloomberg 

        
 IG pre-market trading Stockholm OMXS30                     +0.3 pct
 Stoxx Europe 50 future                   STXEc1            unchanged 
 MSCI index Asia Pacific ex Japan         .MIAPJ0000PUS     -0.4 pct 
 S&P 500 close previous trading day       .SPX              +0.2 pct 
 
    
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    For global market roundup.  MKTS/GLOB 
    

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