Swedish stocks: Seen opening lower, Clas Ohlson Q4 result below expectations
08/06/2018 07:49
** Swedish shares seen opening lower on Friday, slightly outperforming
European markets
** Asian shares stepped back from a 2-1/2 month high on Friday as risk
appetite soured on bets that Europe's massive monetary stimulus was nearing an
end, compounded by uncertainty over trade relations ahead of a key meeting of
global leaders ID:nL3N1TA1E2
** Goldman Sachs raises Telia TELIA.ST to buy from neutral
** Clas Ohlson CLASb.ST posts Q4 operating loss of SEK 61 mln adjusted for
non-recurring costs, vs 49 mln loss seen in a survey of three analysts, sales up
7 pct in May ID:nFWN1T90WO
** Bock Capital sells shares in Internationella Engelska Skolan ENG.ST to
Paradigm ID:nFWN1T90X7
** Qliro QLRO.ST plans to operate its three units — Qliro Financial
Services, CDON Marketplace and Nelly — as independent companies ID:nL3N1T94SP
** Barclays cuts its Boliden BOL.ST recommendation to equal weight from
overweight, reduces price target to 295 SEK/share from 315 SEK vs closing price
of 322.80 crowns on Thursday
** MQ MQH.ST appoints Ingvar Larsson as new CEO ID:nASM000KHB
** Kepler Cheuvreux cuts MQ to reduce from hold and lowers target price to
SEK 13 from SEK 28, vs closing price of 16.04 crowns on Thursday, according to
newswire Direkt referring to Bloomberg
** SEB cuts Scandic Hotels SHOTE.ST to hold from buy, Direkt reports
referring to Bloomberg
IG pre-market trading Stockholm OMXS30 -0.6 pct
Stoxx Europe 50 future STXEc1 -0.9 pct
MSCI index Asia Pacific ex Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS -1.3 pct
S&P 500 close previous trading day .SPX -0.1 pct
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