Swedish stocks: Seen opening lower, Hexagon earnings top forecasts

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01/11/2018 07:42

** Swedish shares seen opening lower on Thursday in line with European
markets
    ** Battered equity investors got Asia off to a positive start for November,
as Thursday's session benefited from another strong performance on Wall Street,
while the pound jumped on a report Britain has secured a deal that would give
its financial services firms continued access to European markets after Brexit
    ** Hexagon  HEXAb.ST  Q3 earnings, sales growth top forecasts  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1XB1P1
    ** Berenberg cuts its price target on Handelsbanken  SHBa.ST  to SEK 120
from 125
    ** Morgan Stanley cuts its target price on Boliden  BOL.ST  to SEK 226 from
238 
    ** Longbow cuts its recommendation on Autoliv  ALV.N   ALIVsdb.ST  to
neutral from buy, according to news agency Direkt, which refers to Bloomberg
    ** SEB raises its recommendation on Paradox  PDXI.ST  to buy from hold,
according to news agency Direkt, which refers to Bloomberg
    ** Probi  PROB.ST  Q3 operating profit up at SEK 37.9 mln, appoints new CEO
        
 IG pre-market trading Stockholm OMXS30                     -0.3 pct
 Stoxx Europe 50 future                   STXEc1            -0.3 pct 
 MSCI index Asia Pacific ex Japan         .MIAPJ0000PUS     +0.9 pct 
 S&P 500 close previous trading day       .SPX              +1.1 pct 
 
    
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 (RM: helena.soderpalm.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)