** Swedish shares seen opening lower on Fridaday in line with Europe
** Defence firm Saab SAABb.ST reports bigger than expected rise in Q4
operating earnings and forecasts improving margins and sales in 2019 vs
2018 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N20A12H
** Biometric firm Fingerprint Cards (FPC) FINGb.ST reports unexpected Q4
loss and says challenging market conditions to hit Q1 sales urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N20A0VE
** Nibe NIBEb.ST reported operating earnings above analyst forecasts and
set a new interim sales target
** Nilorngruppen NILb.ST Q4 operating profit SEK 25.4 Mln urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN20A093
** Catena CATE.ST Q4 Profit From Property Management Rises To SEK 148.5
Mln urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2091JI
** Fabege FABG.ST Proposes Jan Litborn As Chairman Of Board urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2091J4
** Arise ARISE.ST Q4 EBIT Rises To SEK 28 Mln urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2091JF
** Medicover MCOVb.ST Q4 Operating Profit Falls TO EUR 7.5 Mln
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN20A08Q
** Statistics office due to report Q4 industrial inventories at 0830 GMT
IG pre-market trading Stockholm OMXS30 -0.5 pct
Stoxx Europe 50 future STXEc1 -0.2 pct
MSCI index Asia Pacific ex Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS -1.2 pct
S&P 500 close previous trading day .SPX -0.3 pct
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(RM: anna.ringstrom.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)