Swedish stocks: Seen opening higher, Loomis' Q3 profit beats consensus

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02/11/2018 07:47

** Swedish shares seen opening higher on Friday, in line with European
stocks
    ** Asian shares jumped to three-week highs and U.S. equity futures rebounded
on a report that U.S. President Donald Trump has asked officials to draft terms
for a potential trade deal with China following a phone call with leader Xi
Jinping  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1XD28T
    ** Loomis  LOOMb.ST  Q3 core profit beats expectations, organic growth lags
forecast  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1XD0BB
    ** Credit Suisse cuts target price on hygiene products group Essity
 ESSITYa.ST  to SEK 225 from SEK 240 vs Thursday's close of SEK 208
    ** Epiroc  EPIRa.ST  buys mining equipment distributor in Estonia
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASP000229
    ** Medcap  MEDCAP.ST  Q3 EBITDA up at SEK 19.8 million  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1XC1M9
    ** Castellum  CAST.ST  establishes a euro medium term note programme
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1XD0BF
    ** Maha Energy  MAHAa.ST  says aggregate sales production for October
totaled 68,033 barrels of oil and 30.413 mln scf of gas  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASP00021T
    ** B.Riley FBR cuts price target on drugmaker Hansa Medical  HMED.ST  to SEK
415 from SEK 450 vs Thursday's close of SEK 314.60
        
 IG pre-market trading Stockholm OMXS30                     +1.2 pct
 Stoxx Europe 50 future                   STXEc1            +1.6 pct 
 MSCI index Asia Pacific ex Japan         .MIAPJ0000PUS     +1.5 pct 
 S&P 500 close previous trading day       .SPX              +1.1 pct 
 
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