Swedish stocks: Seen opening flat, Elekta Q1 order intake above expectations

Traction AB

30/08/2018 07:46

** Swedish shares seen opening unchanged on Thursday, slightly
underperforming European markets 
    ** Asia stocks retreat; weakness in China outweighs NAFTA trade optimism
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    ** Radiation therapy gear maker Elekta  EKTAb.ST  posts a higher order
intake than expected for its first quarter but a lower operating profit than
expected  ID:nFWN1VK0ZU 
    ** SSAB  SSABa.ST  shuts down blast furnace operations at Special Steels'
mill in Oxelosund, total cost for two weeks outage seen at around SEK 150 mln 
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    ** Kambi  KAMBI.ST  is in contract discussions with Greenwood Gaming and
Entertainment, owner of Parx Casino  ID:nL8N1VL0KV 
    ** Credit Suisse lowers Boliden  BOL.ST  to underperform from neutral and
cuts target price to SEK 210 from SEK 280, vs closing price of SEK 258.70 on
Wednesday, newswire Direkt reports 
    ** Handelsbanken cuts Engelska Skolan  ENG.ST  to reduce from accumulate, 
according to Direkt 
    ** Business magazine Affarsvarlden gives buy recommendations for Kinnevik
 KINVb.ST , Recipharm  RECIb.ST , Aspire Global  ASPIRE.ST  and Traction
 TRACb.ST  
        
 IG pre-market trading Stockholm OMXS30                     unchanged 
 Stoxx Europe 50 future                   STXEc1            -0.3 pct 
 MSCI index Asia Pacific ex Japan         .MIAPJ0000PUS     -0.4 pct 
 S&P 500 close previous trading day       .SPX              +0.6 pct 
 
    
    For European stock market report:  .EU 
    For global market roundup.  MKTS/GLOB 
    
    

 (RM:olof.swahnberg.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)