Yesterday’s low in the United States, after increased interest rate concerns, seemed to have also reached the stock markets of both Helsinki and other European countries on Friday around two in the afternoon.
At the time of review, the general index of the Helsinki Stock Exchange was down about 0.4 percent at 10,297.02 points.
The most traded shares held the top spot Nordeawhich was down about 0.7 percent at 11.2 euros.
The list of entrants was relatively short in the afternoon. the highest riser, Glastonwas up by about four percent.
The biggest decliner on the Helsinki stock exchange, on the other hand, was Exel Composites, whose share price was down 11.7 percent. The company announced yesterday that it had received an approving decision from the Financial Supervisory Authority for the prospectus related to the company’s rights issue.
Aiforian member of the board Tuomas Tenkanen bought the company’s shares for around 100,000 euros. The shares were bought by TJT Technologies in the name of which Tenkanen is the CEO.
Tenkanen bought a total of 28,571 company shares at an average price of 3.5 euros per share.
On Friday afternoon, Aiforia’s share was up by about one percent.
Engineering company I coached South America Region Manager Celso Tacla handed over the company’s shares worth 633,900 euros.
A total of 25,000 shares were sold and they were sold at an average price of around 25.36 euros. Valmet’s share was down about 0.1 percent.
Multi-brand car dealership Weather said that he would open used truck sales in both Kuopio and Joensuu.
“Wetteri is in a strong growth phase, and investments in growing our heavy equipment business with new sales points are part of our growth strategy”, commented Wetteri’s CEO Aarne Simula in the company’s announcement.
The company’s share was down about 2.3 percent, accompanied by fresh news.
Nordea fell Fortum’s recommendation to hold level. Previously, the recommendation was to buy. Fortum, the second most traded company on the Helsinki Stock Exchange on Friday, was down by about 3.1 percent at the time of review.
Food company HKScan said that he had finished his name change. The company’s business name is now HKFoods.
Wall Street opened yesterday’s trading day initially with the chip giant rising Nvidia’s inspired by the earnings report that exceeded expectations, but the mood watered down during the day due to interest rate concerns.
However, Nvidia’s stock rose nine percent and broke the thousand-dollar mark.
Wall Street’s Index futures pointed shyly to the positive side a few hours before the stock markets opened.