Mining company Boliden is replacing Lundin Mining as Handelsbanken's sector favorite within Basic Materials.

"We are fully aware of Boliden's strong share price performance, especially at a time when forecasts for commodity prices are unusually difficult to assess. That said, we believe that the organic growth journey we anticipate is still ahead of us. We expect copper and gold grades to increase by 40–100 percent over the next three years at the company's largest mine, Aitik (which accounts for about 30 percent of net asset value), and for 2028, we forecast an operating profit in the region of 26 billion kronor. We believe this level of profitability is far from priced in," the bank writes.

Regarding Lundin Mining, Handelsbanken has lowered its recommendation from buy to hold, with a target price of 230 kronor (previously 180).

"Although we appreciate the company's attractive exposure to copper combined with the Vicuña discovery, we see limited further share price potential at current levels," the bank states.

The stocks included in the Sector Favorites are SSAB, Boliden, Epiroc, Atlas Copco, Skistar, New Wave, Mowi, AAK, Genmab, Xvivo, Nordnet, Avanza, Mycronic, Dynavox, Paradox, Telenor, Castellum, and Pandox.