STOCK EXCHANGE: Helsinki Stock Exchange in decline – Digital Workforce with 3 million acquisitions

The Helsinki Stock Exchange opened on Wednesday at yesterday’s level, but quickly started a small decline. The OMXH general index was quoted at 13,643.15 points.

The most traded stock at the opening was Nokiawhose stock opened up 0.7 percent. Real estate investor Lumo Homes rose 1.9 percent at the opening. Other risers of the opening were Verkkokauppa.com with a 1.3 percent increase and infrastructure builder GRK Infra with a 2 percent increase.

The bill included, among others, a mining company Sotkamo Silver with a decrease of 2.2 percent and the oil company In this with a percent decrease.

Digital Workforce announced that it will expand its use of agent-based artificial intelligence and buy Front AI:n AI agent-based customer service business. The purchase price is 3 million euros, which will be paid in cash.

He wins appointed to the company’s actual management team the heads of the business areas, who have until now worked as part of Vincit’s extended management team. The new members of the management team are Summer Albert, Riku Kärkkäinen and Jarno Rikama.

Michael Bogomolec has been appointed Total defenses subsidiary Western Tractors as CEO. He starts in the position today, Wednesday, and will follow in the position Brother Ollilaa.

The Euro Stoxx 600 index was down 0.5 percent at the opening. Macro figures for the euro area are published today. The euro area industrial purchasing managers’ index is published at 11:00 and the euro area consumer price index at 12:00.

The price of Brent crude oil futures was around EUR 73 per barrel on Wednesday. British newspaper Guardian by Iran and the United States have still not been able to negotiate face-to-face on the details of the memorandum of understanding signed on June 17.

Recommendation changes

JP Morgan raise Wärtsilä target price to 30.60 euros from 25 euros and raises the recommendation to the hold level.

Morgan Stanley counts I know target price to 16 euros from 18 euros and repeats the reduce recommendation.

Goldman Sachs raise Lumo Kotien target price to 9.10 euros from 9 euros and reiterates the hold recommendation.

Citigroup raise Wärtsilä target price to EUR 27.50 from EUR 25.50 and reiterates the sell recommendation.

SEB Bank stop Lassila & Tikanojan monitoring.

DNB Carnegie raises Verkkokauppa.com’s target price to EUR 3.60 from EUR 3.30 and repeats the buy recommendation.

Danske Bank raises Nokia’s recommendation to a buy level from a hold level and maintains the target price at 14 euros.