Swedish stocks: Seen opening lower, Nibe Q1 profit just above forecast
16/05/2018 07:50
** Swedish shares seen opening lower on Wednesday in line with European
markets
** Asian markets fell in early trade on Wednesday after Pyongyang called off
talks with Seoul, throwing a major U.S.-North Korean summit into question, and a
spike in the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield to a seven-year high knocked sentiment
on Wall Street ID:nL3N1SN04S
** Deliveries of the six biggest categories of white goods (AHAM 6) in the
United States, a major market for Electrolux ELUXb.ST , fell 1.0 percent
year-on-year in April, data from industry body Association of Home Appliance
Manufacturers (AHAM) showed late on Tuesday
** NCC NCCb.ST says wins Swedish orders totalling about SEK 700 mln
ID:nFWN1SN01P
** BTS BTSb.ST Group Q1 pre-tax profit rises slightly to SEK 15 mln
ID:nFWN1SN08O
** Humana HUMAN.ST Q1 operating profit rises to SEK 81 mln ID:nFWN1SN08V
** Nibe NIBEb.ST Q1 pretax profit just above forecast ID:nFWN1SN08M
** Bergman & Beving BERGb.ST Q4 EBITA rises to SEK 53 mln ID:nFWN1SN08E
** Swedish apartment prices fell 7 percent in the February-April period from
the same period a year earlier, data from an association of Swedish real estate
agents showed on Wednesday ID:nL8N1SI270
** Kepler Cheuvreux starts coverage of Dometic DOMETIC.ST with a buy
recommendation and price target of SEK 100 vs closing price of 85.40 crowns on
Tuesday, according to newswire Direkt
** SEB raises H&M HMb.ST price target to SEK 105 from SEK 99, keeps sell
recommendation, according to Direkt referring to Bloomberg
IG pre-market trading Stockholm OMXS30 -0.3 pct
Stoxx Europe 50 future STXEc1 -0.2 pct
MSCI index Asia Pacific ex Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS -0.2 pct
S&P 500 close previous trading day .SPX -0.7 pct
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