** Swedish shares seen opening lower on Monday in line with European markets
** Asian shares ticked up on Monday though they retreated from earlier highs
as relief on news of a deal to reopen the U.S. government following a prolonged
shutdown gave way to edginess before a key round of Sino-U.S. trade talks
** Deutsche Bank raises its target price on Ericsson ERICb.ST to 85 SEK
from 81 SEK
** Barclays raises its target price on Ericsson to 85 SEK from 80 SEK
** Credit Suisse raises its target price on Ericsson to 85 SEK from 82 SEK
** Saab SAABb.ST offers Gripen E to Switzerland urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1ZP135
** Ahlsell AHSL.ST recommends shareholders to accept offer made by Quimper
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1ZR04K
** Business daily Dagens Industri issues buy recommendation for Kindred
KINDsdb.ST
** Electrolux ELUXb.ST nomination committee has decided to propose
re-election of all board members except Bert Nordberg, who has declined
re-election
** Concentric's CONIC.ST joint-venture Alfdex ALFA.ST wins important
order in China urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1ZR0CP
** Sweco SWECb.ST to design new activated carbon plant in Finland
** Humana HUMAN.ST acquires Finnish Coronaria Hoiva
IG pre-market trading Stockholm OMXS30 -0.5 pct
Stoxx Europe 50 future STXEc1 -0.5 pct
MSCI index Asia Pacific ex Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS unchanged
S&P 500 close previous trading day .SPX +0.8 pct
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(RM: helena.soderpalm.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)