Swedish stocks: Seen opening lower as U.S.-China trade spat escalates
18/06/2018 07:51
** Swedish shares seen opening lower on Monday in line with European markets
** Asian shares fell to a 2-1/2 week low on Monday after U.S. President
Donald Trump cranked up trade tensions by going ahead with tariffs on Chinese
imports, prompting Beijing to immediately respond in kind ID:nL4N1TK27V
** Fingerprint Cards FINGb.ST CEO buys 388,000 shares in the company
ID:nL8N1TK0GM
** Business daily Dagens Industri gives a buy recommendation for Tobii
TOBII.ST
** SKF SKFb.ST near selling Motion Technologies for around 3 billion
SEK($341 million), Dagens Industri reported late on Friday citing sources
ID:nL8N1TI021
** SSAB SSABa.ST estimates effect of transformer fire of SEK 100-120 mln
ID:nWkr6dbM98
** Handelsbanken cuts Dustin DUST.ST to accumulate from buy and raises
Granges GRANG.ST to accumulate from reduce, according to newswire Direkt
** SEB lowers H&M HMb.ST target price to SEK 99 from SEK 105 vs closing
price of SEK 134.02 on Friday, Direkt reports referring to Bloomberg
** Shares in Epiroc EPIRa.ST , a spin-off from Atlas Copco ATCOa.ST ,
starts trading on Monday
** Medivir MVIRb.ST says discussions with FDA on proposed remetinostat
phase III design results in delay in planned start of study ID:nFWN1TJ01G
IG pre-market trading Stockholm OMXS30 -0.5 pct
Stoxx Europe 50 future STXEc1 -0.5 pct
MSCI index Asia Pacific ex Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS -0.5 pct
S&P 500 close previous trading day .SPX -0.1 pct
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($1 = 8.8062 Swedish crowns)
(RM: olof.swahnberg.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)