Swedish stocks: Seen opening slightly higher, Swedbank Chairman Idermark steps down

Nobia AB

05/04/2019 07:49

** Swedish shares seen opening marginally higher on Friday in line with
European markets
    **  Asian share markets consolidated their weekly gains on Friday as
Sino-U.S. talks produced a lot of headlines but no conclusions, while caution
ahead of U.S. payrolls and a holiday in China dampened volatility
    ** Swedbank  SWEDa.ST  Chairman steps down amid attention over
money-laundering scandal  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N21N0IB
    ** Societe Generale raises its recommendation on Swedbank to hold from sell,
cuts target price to SEK 150 from SEK 185
    ** RBC cuts its recommendation on Autoliv  ALV.N   ALIVsdb.ST  to
underperform from sector perform, according to news agency Direkt, which refers
to Bloomberg
    ** Nordea cuts its recommendation on Nobia  NOBI.ST  to hold from buy,
according to news agency Direkt
    ** DNB Markets cuts its recommendation on JM  JM.ST  to sell from hold,
according to news agency Direkt
    ** SEB cuts its recommendation on Bravida  BRAV.ST  to sell from hold,
according to news agency Direkt
    ** DNB Markets cuts its recommendation on Latour  LATOb.ST  to sell from
hold, according to news agency Direkt
    ** Storytel  STORYb.ST  Q1 streaming revenues at SEK 296 mln  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN21M0VK
    ** Nobina  NOBINA.ST  Q4 EBITA falls to SEK 91 mln 
    ** ZetaDisplay  ZETA.ST  carries out directed share issue of SEK 30.4 mln 
    
        
 IG pre-market trading Stockholm OMXS30                     +0.1 pct
 Stoxx Europe 50 future                   STXEc1            +0.1 pct 
 MSCI index Asia Pacific ex Japan         .MIAPJ0000PUS     -0.1 pct 
 S&P 500 close previous trading day       .SPX              +0.2 pct 
 
    
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 (RM: helena.soderpalm.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)