Swedish stocks: Seen opening higher, Volvo Q2 profit tops forecast

Betsson AB

19/07/2018 07:57

** Swedish shares seen opening higher on Thursday, outperforming European
markets
    ** Asian shares extended early gains on Thursday as upbeat Wall Street
earnings buoyed global investor sentiment, although trade war jitters pushed
China's yuan to fresh one-year lows in both the onshore and offshore markets
    ** Nordea  NDA.ST  Q2 profit narrowly tops forecast  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1UE0WL
    ** Truckmaker AB Volvo's  VOLVb.ST  Q2 profit tops forecast  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1UF00S
    ** Essity  ESSITYb.ST  Q2 core profit slides as higher pulp prices weigh
    ** Betsson  BETSb.ST  Q2 operating profit rises
    ** Lindab  LIAB.ST  Q2 operating profit below expectations 
    ** Ahlsell  AHSL.ST  Q2 EBIT up by 24 pct to SEK 582 mln
    ** Granges  GRANG.ST  Q2 net sales rises to SEK 3,443 million 
    ** BE Group  BEGR.ST  Q2 underlying operating profit up at SEK 26 million
    ** SKF  SKFb.ST  Q2 profit beats forecast, sees higher demand in
Q3 IDnFWN1UF08U: 
    ** Thule  THULE.ST  Q2 operating income rose to 523 mln SEK  ID:nFWN1UF08O 
    ** Swedish Match  SWMA.ST  Q2 operating profit beats expectations
 ID:nFWN1UF09L 
    ** Fingerprint Cards  FINGb.ST  Q2 operating result below expectations
 ID:nFWN1UE0WM 
    ** Fingerprint Cards CEO sees ASP decline of at least 30 pct in 2018
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    ** Gunnebo  GUNN.ST  to restructure, sell France, Belgium and Luxembourg
businesses  ID:nFWN1UF01R 
    
        
 IG pre-market trading Stockholm OMXS30                     +0.3 pct
 Stoxx Europe 50 future                   STXEc1            -0.2 pct 
 MSCI index Asia Pacific ex Japan         .MIAPJ0000PUS     -0.1 pct 
 S&P 500 close previous trading day       .SPX              +0.2 pct 
 
    
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olof.swahnberg.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)