Swedish stocks: Seen opening lower, Hexagon CEO faces new trial
11/05/2018 07:53
** Swedish shares seen opening slightly lower on Friday, underperforming
major European markets
** Asian shares rallied on Friday as risk appetite got a boost from soft
U.S. inflation, helping alleviate worries of faster rate hikes by the Federal
Reserve, while investors also cheered U.S.-North Korean steps to further ease
tensions on the Korean Peninsula ID:nL3N1SI1TU
** Hexagon HEXAb.ST said Ola Rollen would remain CEO even though he faces
an appeal against his acquittal in January over insider trading charges
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** The Chinese owner of Volvo Cars has hired three investment banks for an
initial public offering (IPO) this year that could value the Swedish carmaker at
between $16-$30 billion, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on
Thursday ID:nL8N1SI0DY
** Opus OPUS.ST wins vehicle inspection concession in Chile
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** IES ENG.ST buys English School Of Asturias ID:nFWN1SI08Y
** Kepler Cheuvreux raises Peab PEABb.ST to buy from hold, according to
newswire Direkt which refers to Bloomberg
** Business magazine Affarsvarlden gives buy recommendations for Electrolux
ELUXb.ST , Ferronordic FNMA.ST and Nordic Waterproofing NWGH.ST
IG pre-market trading Stockholm OMXS30 -0.2 pct
Stoxx Europe 50 future STXEc1 +0.1 pct
MSCI index Asia Pacific ex Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS +0.8 pct
S&P 500 close previous trading day .SPX +0.9 pct
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