STOCK EXCHANGE: Tokmanni’s share fell in the red on the stock market

The sawing continues at the Helsinki stock exchange today, Friday. The general index rose by 0.9 percent in the morning and fell by 1.4 percent in the afternoon. OMX Helsinki finally ended with a decrease of 0.55 percent to 12732.36 points.

On Friday, the Helsinki stock exchange reacted especially to the fluctuations in the price of oil. Oil prices are affected by news related to the Iran crisis.

Before the stock market closed, the price of the Brent reference oil was up almost seven percent at more than $91 per barrel. In the morning, the price was still falling.

The share prices of many engineering companies have fluctuated particularly strongly during the day. Hiabin and Ponssen the fluctuation range of the shares has been almost seven percent on Friday and Wärtsilän too more than five percent.

The decline of the stock market was accelerated in the afternoon by the weaker-than-expected US employment report for February. Economists had expected an increase in jobs, but jobs decreased.

Among the most traded stocks Liquid and Nokian share prices have fluctuated strongly in recent days.

Today, Friday, Neste’s share rose by 1.8 percent and Nokia’s share price by 0.7 percent.

Neste’s share price has risen by a total of more than 18 percent in a week. The background is the rise in fuel prices caused by the Iran crisis. The machine the price of the share was down by 3.7 percent, because the dividend was released from the share.

A software company Lemonsoft’s with the four block transactions made on the stock on Thursday and Friday, a total of 5.6 percent of the stock has changed hands. The share price ended with a 3.8 percent increase to 4.88 euros.

Manufacturer of drilling equipment To do says he received it Sandvik Mining and Construction Toolsilta challenge regarding the alleged infringement of Sandvik’s European patent. The patent dispute is related to the drill bit solution. The preliminary value of the dispute is EUR 2.0 million.

Robit’s share price fell by 3.7 percent to 1.03 euros.

Tokmanni was the biggest disappointment among the results publishers

The share price of earnings publisher Tokmanni fell by 13.8 percent to 7.09 euros.

Tokmanni’s result improved in October–December. However, both the increase in turnover and the improvement in operating profit fell short of analysts’ forecasts. Tokmanni’s Swede Dollar store still poses challenges. In Finland, competitors also opened several new stores in Tokmanni’s market areas.

“Our customers were cautious in their Christmas purchases due to the general economic situation, and the average purchase of the Tokmanni segment decreased in the fourth quarter. However, with effective management of expenses and sales margin, we managed to keep the profitability of the Tokmanni segment at a good level”, CEO Mika Rautiainen says in the results release.

Inderes according to the assessment, the Q4 numbers reported by Tokmanni today were “weak” overall.

“At home, the earnings development was commendable, but abroad the earnings continued to slide, which creates significant uncertainty for the expected earnings improvement in 2026,” the analysis house writes.

About results publishers applying artificial intelligence to medicine Aiforian the operating loss was deeper than expected, but the turnover exceeded forecasts. Managing director Jukka Tapaninen says the company has made commercial progress.

Aiforia’s share price rose by 9.3 percent to 1.99 euros.

Contract manufacturer for the engineering industry compound turnover increased to 31.2 million euros in the last quarter from 26.9 million euros. The company’s EBITDA decreased to 2.8 million euros during October–December from 4.7 million euros in the comparison period. Both EBITDA and net sales exceeded Inderes’ forecasts.

Componenta’s share price rose by 0.7 percent to 4.55 euros.

Fireplace manufacturer Brimstone had issued a profit warning in February. The company thus reported weaker numbers as expected. The operating loss for October-December was 0.1 million euros. Turnover fell to 7.9 million euros from 8.4 million euros a year earlier.

Tulikivi’s share price fell by 1.2 percent to 0.479 euros.