** Swedish shares seen opening slightly lower on Wednesday, somewhat
underperforming major European markets
** Asian shares edge higher in step with Wall Street ID:nL3N1RV1RC
** Avanza Bank AVANZ.ST Q1 operating profit in line with expectations
ID:nFWN1RV03Y
** JP Morgan says top picks for EU telecoms sector include Telia TELIA.ST
and Com Hem COMH.ST
** Nordea cuts Trelleborg TRELb.ST to hold from buy, newswire Direkt
reports referring to Bloomberg
** Danske initiates coverage of Dustin DUST.ST with buy recommendation and
SEK 95 target price, vs closing price of 75.50 crowns on Tuesday, according to
Direkt
IG pre-market trading Stockholm OMXS30 -0.2 pct
Stoxx Europe 50 future STXEc1 unchanged
MSCI index Asia Pacific ex Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS +0.6 pct
S&P 500 close previous trading day .SPX +1.1 pct
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For global market roundup. MKTS/GLOB
(RM:olof.swahnberg.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)