** Swedish shares seen opening lower on Thursday in line with European
markets
** Zalando ZALG.DE , in which Kinnevik KINVb.ST has a 32 pct stake,
targets solid growth after strong end to 2018 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N20N16M
** ABB ABB.ST reports forecast-beating Q4 profit as robotics shines
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N20N0W6
** Business magazine Affarsvarlden gives buy recommendations for Electrolux
ELUXb.ST and Duroc DURCb.ST
** Nordea cuts Balder BALDb.ST to hold from buy, newswire Direkt reports
referring to Bloomberg
IG pre-market trading Stockholm OMXS30 -0.4 pct
Stoxx Europe 50 future STXEc1 -0.3 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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(RM:olof.swahnberg.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)