Swedish stocks: Seen opening lower, THQ Nordic buys two companies

Besqab AB (publ)

14/11/2018 07:53

** Swedish shares seen opening lower on Wednesday in line with European
markets  
    ** Oil prices extended a steep slide on Wednesday on the back of worries
about weakening world demand and oversupply, while global shares sagged as
energy sector strains heightened anxiety about a slow down in the global economy
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N1XP2TO
    ** THQ Nordic  THQNb.ST  buys 90 pct in Bugbear Entertainment, buys Coffee
Stain  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASP0002KN urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1XP0O9
    ** THQ Nordic Q3 operating profit rises to to SEK 91 mln  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nWkr8Vf0vT
    ** SEB Equities cuts AB Volvo  VOLVb.ST  to hold from buy, lowers target
price to SEK 140 from SEK 175 vs closing price of SEK 132.30 on Tuesday,
newswire Direkt reports referring to Bloomberg 
    ** SEB Equities raises Tele2  TEL2b.ST  to buy from hold while keeping
target price at SEK 120 and ups Kinnevik  KINVb.ST  to buy from hold, according
to Direkt which refers to Bloomberg 
    ** Nordea  NDASE.ST  appoints Frank Vang-Jensen head of personal banking,
joins group executive management  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1XP06C
    ** Skanska  SKAb.ST  to build schools in Ohio, order worth around 495 mln
SEK for the company  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1XP014
    ** BTS Group  BTSb.ST  Q3 EBITA rises to SEK 42 mln  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASP0002L9
    ** Besqab  BESQ.ST  Q3 operating profit falls to SEK 34 mln 
        
 IG pre-market trading Stockholm OMXS30                     -0.5 pct
 Stoxx Europe 50 future                   STXEc1            -0.8 pct 
 MSCI index Asia Pacific ex Japan         .MIAPJ0000PUS     -0.6 pct 
 S&P 500 close previous trading day       .SPX              -0.1 pct 
 
    
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    For global market roundup.  MKTS/GLOB 
    
    

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