Swedish stocks: Seen opening lower, Saab partner wins $9.2 bln U.S. order
28/09/2018 07:54
** Swedish shares seen opening lower on Friday in line with European markets
** Japan's Nikkei touched a 27-year high on Friday, taking heart from a
boost for the dollar after the U.S. Federal Reserve chairman said he did not
expect a near-term recession urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1WE0QA
** Saab SAABb.ST said late on Thursday the U.S. Air Force had awarded its
partner Boeing BA.N a $9.2 billion contract to develop an advanced training
aircraft urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N1WD1WH
** Essity ESSITYb.ST launches new cost measures as higher raw material
costs bite urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1WE0NE
** Ahlsell AHSL.ST acquires Norwegian sprinkler business urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASO00084Q
** Assa Abloy ASSAb.ST appoints Erik Pieder as new CFO urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1WE01L
** Nobina NOBINA.ST Q2 operating profit rises slightly to SEK 117 mln
** Hexpol HPOLb.ST buys 80 pct of the shares in Mesgo Group urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASO00084H
** Skanska SKAb.ST sells office building in Warsaw for EUR 48 mln
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASO00084T
** Skanska SKAb.ST renovates Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York,
contract worth USD 118 mln urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1WE02X
** Several banks raise H&M HMb.ST target price after Q3 report on
Thursday, including SEB which ups to SEK 115 from SEK 99 vs closing price of SEK
165 on Thursday, newswire Direkt reports. H&M closed at 165 SEK on Thursday.
** SEB Equities cuts Tele2 TEL2b.ST to hold from buy, Direkt reports
referring to Bloomberg
IG pre-market trading Stockholm OMXS30 -0.3 pct
Stoxx Europe 50 future STXEc1 -0.4 pct
MSCI index Asia Pacific ex Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS unchanged
S&P 500 close previous trading day .SPX +0.3 pct
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(RM: olof.swahnberg.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)