Swedish stocks: Seen opening lower, Deutsche Bank lifts view on SEB
17/05/2019 07:42
** Swedish shares seen opening lower on Friday in line with European markets
** Asian shares were struggling to end a bleak week in the black on Friday
as upbeat U.S. economic news and solid company earnings offered only a fleeting
respite from the interminable Sino-U.S. trade dispute
** Deutsche Bank raises its recommendation on SEB SEBa.ST to buy from
hold, lifts target price to SEK 106 from SEK 103
** Barclays cuts its recommendation on Swedbank SWEDa.ST to equal weight
from overweight, lowers target price to SEK 159 from SEK 245, according to news
agency Direkt
** Internationella Engelska Skolan ENG.ST Q3 operating income up by 17.5
pct to SEK 743.1 mln urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN22T05O
** Knowit KNOW.ST signs framework agreement with Kammarkollegiet
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN22T05Z
** Ortivus ORTIb.ST carries out new directed issue urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN22T03I
** Besqab BESQ.ST Q1 operating profit falls to SEK 17.9 mln
IG pre-market trading Stockholm OMXS30 -0.3 pct
Stoxx Europe 50 future STXEc1 -0.6 pct
MSCI index Asia Pacific ex Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS -0.7 pct
S&P 500 close previous trading day .SPX +0.9 pct
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(RM: helena.soderpalm.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)