Swedish stocks: Seen opening lower, Peab Q2 order intake up 26 pct

Bjorn Borg AB

17/08/2018 07:42

** Swedish shares seen opening lower on Friday, European stock market
futures point to unchanged opening
    **  Asian shares win a modest reprieve on Friday after China and the United
States agreed to hold their first trade talks since June next week and as the
Turkish lira extended gains from its record low earlier this week  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N1V829H
    ** Peab  PEABb.ST  Q2 operating profit rises to SEK 677 million ($73.7
million) from 631 million a year earlier, order intake up 26 percent
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1V70TB
    ** Ratos  RATOb.ST  Q2 pretax profit rises to SEK 738 million, says trends
in several holdings still weak  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1V70T4
    ** Nibe  NIBEb.ST  H1 pretax profit just beats forecast  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1V70T1
    ** Biogaia  BIOGb.ST  Q2 adjusted operating profit rises 19 pct, sees
significantly lower royalty revenues from Nestle as a consequence of ongoing
negotiations of royalty agreement  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1V70QF
    ** Bjorn Borg  BORG.ST  swings to Q2 operating profit  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1V70SY
            
 IG pre-market trading Stockholm OMXS30                     -0.3 pct
 Stoxx Europe 50 future                   STXEc1            unchanged 
 MSCI index Asia Pacific ex Japan         .MIAPJ0000PUS     +0.4 pct 
 S&P 500 close previous trading day       .SPX              +0.8 pct 
 
    
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    For global market roundup.  MKTS/GLOB 
    
    ($1 = 9.1870 Swedish crowns)

 (RM: daniel.dickson.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)