Uncertainty casts shadow on major companies' result season - forest companies more successful than others
Summary:
Even though uncertainty in the world markets has grown, the results of Finnish listed companies developed well at the end of the year, forecasts predict. The profit forecast for UPM, Stora Enso and SSAB looks promising. During recent years, forest industry has been the best-developing sector in Finland. The companies' results have been strengthened particularly by strongly growing pulp prices. Analyst Harri Taittonen of Nordea says that a significant question for the sector is how the decline in China's pulp demand at the end of the year affects Finnish companies.
La incertidumbre ensombrece a helsinki sanomat de grandes empresas (Helsinkin sanomat). El pronóstico de ganancias para upm, Enso grueso y ssab parece prometedor. En los últimos años, la industria forestal ha sido el sector con mejor desarrollo en Finlandia. Las empresas están aumentando los precios de la celulosa. La instantánea del analista Harri de Nordea dice que es un problema importante para las empresas del mundo.