BUZZ-Swedish stocks: seen opening lower amid geopolitical tensions

** Swedish shares seen opening lower on Wednesday in line with major

European markets as investors turn to less riskier assets amid escalating

tensions on the Korean peninsula

** North Korea said on Wednesday it is "carefully examining" plans for a

missile strike on the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, just hours after U.S.

President Donald Trump told the North that any threat it presented to the United (Shenzhen: 000925.SZ - news)

States would be met with "fire and fury"

** Softronic Q2 EBITDA up at SEK ‍19.2​ mln

** Norway's IDEX (LSE: 0MTP.L - news) , competitor to Swedish biometric firm Fingerprint

Cards, wins initial order from Asian smart card provider

** Investec (LSE: INVP.L - news) raises its recommendation for AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN - news) to buy from

hold

IG (Frankfurt: A0EARV - news) pre-market trading Stockholm OMXS30 -0.6 pct

Stoxx Europe 50 future -0.7 pct

MSCI (Frankfurt: 3HM.F - news) index Asia Pacific ex Japan -0.5 pct

S&P 500 close previous trading day -0.2 pct

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(RM (LSE: RM.L - news) :olof.swahnberg.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)