** Swedish shares seen opening slightly lower on Thursday
** Sweden's Economic Crime Authority (EBM) widened its Swedbank SWEDa.ST
investigation to include suspected fraud following a raid on Wednesday on the
Swedish bank's headquarters in an inquiry into its handling of money laundering
allegations urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N21E1DY
** Attendo ATTE.ST expects increased costs of about SEK 200 mln related to
operations in Finland in 2019 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN21E0SC
** Pfeiffer Vacuum PV.DE , a rival of Atlas Copco's ATCOa.ST Vacuum
Technique business area, sees 2019 growth rate lower than in previous year
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASM0017G0
** Alfa Laval ALFA.ST wins 110 mln SEK natural gas order
** Bimobject BIMOB.ST appoints Kim Mortensen as new CEO urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN21E0X2
IG pre-market trading Stockholm OMXS30 -0.2 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 -0.5 pct
For European stock market report: .EU
For global market roundup. MKTS/GLOB
(RM: johannes.hellstrom.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)