Swedish stocks: Indicated slightly higher, Alfa Laval seen down on Q4 order miss

Nelly AB (publ)

05/02/2019 07:42

** Swedish shares seen opening slightly higher on Tuesday on the back of
rising stock markets in Asia and the United States
    ** Engineering group Alfa Laval  ALFA.ST  reported a quarterly core profit
and order intake below market forecasts, but forecast demand in the current
quarter would be somewhat higher sequentially  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2000XW 
    ** Lockmaker Assa Abloy  ASSAb.ST  reported better-than-expected quarterly
organic sales growth and forecast-matching core earnings, while launching a new
restructuring program  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1ZZ12R   
    ** Media group MTG's  MTGb.ST  fourth-quarter operating profit just beat
forecasts  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1ZZ0U4
    ** Husqvarna's  HUSQb.ST  fourth-quarter operating loss widened vs the same
quarter a year earlier urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1ZZ16I
    ** Axfood's Q4 operating profit rose to SEK 425 million  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1ZZ166
    ** Qliro's  QLRO.ST  Q4 profit after tax fell to SEK 5.1 million
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1ZZ12Q
    ** Mining equipment maker Epiroc  EPIRa.ST  reports quarterly earnings at
1200 GMT 
        
 IG pre-market trading Stockholm OMXS30                     +0.2 pct
 Stoxx Europe 50 future                   STXEc1            +0.4 pct 
 MSCI index Asia Pacific ex Japan         .MIAPJ0000PUS     +0.5 pct 
 S&P 500 close previous trading day       .SPX              +0.7 pct 
 
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    For global market roundup.  MKTS/GLOB 
    

 (RM: johannes.hellstrom.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)