Swedish stocks: Seen opening slightly lower in line with Europe

Bergman & Beving AB

16/05/2019 07:58

** Swedish shares seen opening lower on Thursday in line with European
markets
    ** Asian shares struggled to find their footing on Thursday as confidence
was shaken after the U.S. government hit Chinese telecoms giant Huawei with
severe sanctions, threatening to further strain Sino-U.S. trade ties
    ** Huawei, blacklisted by the U.S, is a competitor to Sweden's Ericsson
 ERICb.ST   urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N22R16X
    ** Jefferies raises its target price on Atlas Copco  ATCOa.ST  to SEK 315
from SEK 280
    ** Sweden's Handelsbanken  SHBa.ST  said on Thursday it would discontinue
its operations in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania during 2020  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN22R1GQ
    ** NENT Group  NENTb.ST  closes SEK 1.5 bln bond issue
    ** Bergman & Beving  BERGb.ST  Q4 EBITA rises to SEK 57 mln 
        
 IG pre-market trading Stockholm OMXS30                     -0.1 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              +0.6 pct 
 
    
    For European stock market report:  .EU 
    For global market roundup.  MKTS/GLOB 
    
    
    
    
    

 (RM: helena.soderpalm.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)