STOCK EXCHANGE: Kreate surprised with a positive earnings warning, Neste and Nokia are driving the stock market higher

On Monday, the Helsinki Stock Exchange opened up on the index level, although there were roughly twice as many falling stocks as rising stocks. Uncertainty related to the Iran war and the increased price of oil pushed the S&P 500 index down 1.7 percent in the United States on Friday.

In the market, investors are trying to interpret the partially contradictory comments of US President Donald Trump regarding the situation in Iran. On the one hand, according to Trump, the negotiations are progressing well, on the other hand, he

Today, Monday, the stock market was down in the morning in Asian markets as well. In addition to the situation in Iran, Asian markets weighed on the head of the Bank of Japan Kazuo Uedan statements about the possible need to raise interest rates due to the strengthening of inflation and the weakening of the yen. In the European stock market, the market was looking for a direction and the Stoxx 600 index was down 0.03 percent in the morning.

In the morning, after about a quarter of an hour of trading, the general index OMX Helsinki was up 0.5 percent at 12382.84 points. The rise of the index was supported especially by the good bet of the stock exchange’s largest companies.

It was at the top of the list Liquid share whose price was up 3.5 percent at 27.88 euros. There was also a strong increase of 1.8 percent Nokian share price.

Elevator company Kone is pursuing the purchase of TK Elevator, according to Bloomberg’s sources. Interviewed by Kauppalehti OP-Pohjolan analyst Jussi Mikkonen According to the competition legislation, the implementation of a possible giant transaction would require giving up some parts. Mikkonen’s rough estimate for the probability of a complicated deal is around 30 percent.

In the morning, Kone’s share price was down 0.2 percent at 54.92 euros.

Infrastructure developer Created raised its estimate of this year’s turnover and ebita result. The turnover estimate rose to 510-550 million euros from the previously advised 430-470 million euros. The Ebita estimate rose to 18-22 million euros from the previous 15-18 million euros. The background to the positive profit warning is the improved outlook for the end of the year and the change in the shareholders’ agreement of the joint venture KFS Finland. Due to the changes, KFS Finland will be consolidated into the Kreate Group as a subsidiary on April 1. since.

Kreate’s share price was up 7.6 percent at 14.10 euros.

To supply machines for the mining industry Roots said that it had concluded a new contract worth 100 million euros for the supply of copper beneficiation technology to Peru Copper. The contract will be recorded in the first quarter’s order book.

Metso’s share price was up 0.3 percent at EUR 14.505.

Bioretec’s old stock was liquidated after the subscription right was removed

Bioretecin the board announced the terms of its subscription rights issue on Friday, and the subscription rights were released from the share today, Monday. One old share of the company gave you one subscription right, and with the subscription right you can subscribe to 48 new shares at a price of EUR 0.01. According to the terms, most of the company’s value is tied up in subscription rights. The company’s share price had ended at EUR 0.1370 on Friday. Calculated, the value of the old share drops to a fraction of Friday’s quote after the subscription rights are removed, but at the time of review no trades have yet been made.

In another ongoing issue Faroin trading of subscription rights ended on Friday at the Helsinki Stock Exchange. The share price has been close to the anti-price, so the value of the subscription rights has been very low. The registration period ends on Thursday, April 2, 2026. Faron’s anni has a subscription guarantee. In the morning, the share price was up 1.0 percent at 0.506 euros. The share subscription price in the offering is EUR 0.50.

Exel Composites has implemented a reverse split, where 15 shares were combined into one. If the company’s market value remains unchanged, the share’s quotation price on the stock exchange will increase 15-fold. The share price ended at EUR 0.499 on Friday, which corresponds to EUR 7.49 with the current number of shares. In the morning, the quotation has been up 1.5 percent at 7.60 euros.