financial performance

Finnish pension insurers started the year in rare agreement. Ownership platform Holdings data show pension insurers’ net sales of €670 million in Helsinki-listed equities in the first quarter, Arvopaperi reported today. Read more »

Investors may be overestimating the long-term damage from the Middle East crisis. S-Pankki expects the conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran to ease within weeks, with only limited economic fallout if energy supply stabilizes quickly.  Read more »

Finland’s economic recovery is losing momentum. Finnish banking and insurance behemoth OP-Pohjola has cut its 2026 GDP growth forecast to 1 percent, down from 1.5 percent, reflecting rising geopolitical risks and energy costs, Yle reported today. Read more »

Stocks on the Helsinki OMX 25 index posted a strong week, with the benchmark rising more than 4% over five days, led by industrial names while energy stocks lagged. The move came against a volatile global backdrop, as a fragile Pakistan-brokered ceasefire between the US and Iran took effect, momentarily paring high oil prices. Read more »

Spinnova’s stock rose sharply to €0.51 on this morning, up 18% intraday, reflecting renewed investor optimism as the company moves closer to restarting production at its Woodspin demo factory. Read more »

Sitowise’s latest CEO appointment comes at a moment when the company is shifting its focus toward the parts of the market that are growing, while much of its business remains under pressure. Read more »

On a conference call stretching across continents, the atmosphere was formal and intense. On one side, an overwhelming assembly of executives, lawyers, and investors from one of the world’s largest economies. On the other side, a small Finnish team is trying to convince them of something ambitious: that a health technology developed in Finland could help change how the world predicts and prevents chronic disease. Read more »

Talenom has split into two. What remains is a simpler company with a sharper focus on financial management services. Now, its new CEO Juho Ahosola must show that focus can translate into performance. Read more »

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Finnish defense technology provider Bittium has quietly entered a new milestone. This week, the company’s market capitalization surpassed €1 billion, reflecting growing investor confidence after a year of strong financial performance and expanding international defense contracts. Read more »

Finland’s OMX Helsinki 25 index declined over the past week, with the benchmark posting a roughly 3.8% five-day drop as several industrial heavyweights moved lower. Still, a handful of stocks posted gains, led by renewable fuels producer Neste. Read more »

Shares in several Finnish small caps fell this afternoon, following earnings updates, underperforming a slightly weaker broader market. For example, Tamtron Group, the weighing and material flow management technology provider, dropped 2.6% to EUR 5.36, while the OMX Helsinki 25 index slipped 0.15%. Read more »

Shares in Faron Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage immunotherapy developer, climbed on Wednesday after the company published its 2025 results, outperforming a broadly weaker Helsinki market. The OMX Helsinki 25 index fell 1.49% in the afternoon. Read more »

Stocks in Helsinki showed a mixed performance today as investors reacted to surging oil prices due to an expected US-driven regime change in Iran and a cautious tone on Wall Street. The OMX Helsinki 25 was little changed overall in the afternoon, with gains in energy-linked names offset by weakness in defensive shares. Read more »

The OMX Helsinki 25 index edged higher over the past five trading days, with gains led by steelmaker Outokumpu and losses concentrated in technology shares. Read more »

Shares in Luotea plunged today after the Lassila & Tikanoja spinoff reported weaker net sales in 2025, even as the OMX Helsinki 25 index edged up 0.16% to 6,147.12 in the afternoon. Read more »

The biggest heavyweight in the Finnish earnings season today received crushing capital market feedback as shares in Qt Group, a software development tools provider, tumbled 11 percent to EUR 21.72 this afternoon, sharply underperforming the OMX Helsinki 25 index, which was down 0.9 percent. Read more »

After the previous CEO left in the middle of Titanium’s business model makeover, the board chose a legal insider to guide the real-estate-focused asset manager’s shift into a wealth management company. Investors are now closely watching execution speed. Read more »

Today’s earnings releases moved the Helsinki market slightly higher as Gofore surged 5.9% to EUR 11.54 around noon, while Kamux slid 10.9% to EUR 1.88. Oriola fell 4.8% to EUR 1.07, Tecnotree dipped 0.2% to EUR 5.66, and Asuntosalkku was flat at EUR 81.50. Read more »

Tuesday brings a brief lull before a busy earnings week in Finland, with only one annual report scheduled: self-storage company Cityvarasto Oyj. Read more »

The OMX Helsinki 25 index rose nearly 4% over the past week, with industrials and telecom stocks leading the charge while a handful of consumer-facing names lagged. Read more »

Shares in Sotkamo Silver, a Finland-focused mining and ore prospecting company, surged 13.3% to €0.43 in the afternoon, following its 2025 earnings release, far outpacing the OMX Helsinki 25 index, which was up 0.4%. Read more »

Norrhydro was one of the gainers in Helsinki this morning after the motion control company reported a return to profit, outperforming the broader market as the OMX Helsinki 25 index was up 1.1%. Read more »

Shares in automation specialist Digital Workforce Services climbed 5.2% to €2.63 shortly after the open today, following the 2025 earnings release, clearly outperforming the OMX Helsinki 25 index, which was up 1.4%. IT services provider Witted Megacorp gained 0.7% to €1.39, and investment cooperative Arvo Sijoitusosuuskunta rose 1.2%, while drilling consumables maker Robit fell 10.6%. Read more »

Finland’s IPO market is seeing a modest recovery. Some 49 venture capital and private equity-backed companies could list on the stock exchange within the next five years, slightly more than during the previous observation period, according to a new report by the Finnish Venture Capital Association. Read more »

Global CEO confidence is cooling, with only a minority expecting revenue growth in the year ahead. In contrast, Finnish CEOs are more optimistic about their companies’ 12-month revenue prospects than peers in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, according to PwC’s latest survey. Read more »

The Helsinki market was in a constructive mood, up 1.6 percent around noon, but reactions to annual reports from four companies diverged sharply. Stora Enso led the pack, up 7.0 percent, while UPM gained 3.8 percent and Bank of Åland rose a modest 1.3 percent. Wärtsilä was the clear laggard, down 4.0 percent, despite reporting record figures. Read more »

Finland’s stock market delivered a clear, if understated, verdict as the only two listed companies to publish full-year results today met very different receptions. Fortum’s shares were down nearly 7 percent by early afternoon, trading around EUR 18.60, while asset manager eQ rose about 2 percent to roughly EUR 11.10. Read more »

Today’s earnings in Finland painted a mixed picture. Big companies, Nokia, Nordea, and Telia, all delivered underlying growth in the fourth quarter, yet their shares moved lower with the broader market. Suominen, reporting the weakest numbers of the day, was the exception. Read more »

Gold’s surge past $5,000 per ounce is no longer just a global macro story. It is starting to ripple into Finland’s listed market, even if the group of direct winners remains small. Read more »

The earnings season has begun, and today two Finnish businesses reported improving profits. Evli and Saga Furs operate in very different markets, but both showed that earnings can grow even in uncertain conditions. Read more »

The Helsinki market edged lower this week. OMX Helsinki PI, a price index that tracks the share prices of all companies listed on Nasdaq Helsinki, stood at 12,720.12 at 4 p.m., down 0.31 percent, with turnover of roughly €199 million. Trading stayed within a narrow range the whole day. Read more »

Duell Corporation, a Nordic powersports aftermarket distributor, reported a challenging start to its 2026 financial year as a delayed winter season weighed on demand in key Nordic markets.  Read more »

For most of its 25-year history, Nexstim has looked like a familiar case in medical technology: strong science, slow commercialization, and years spent in what founders often call the “valley of death.” Now, that patience is starting to pay off. Read more »

Bittium Corporation has raised its financial outlook for 2025 after securing larger-than-expected deals in its defense & security business segment, driven by strong growth in the defense market.  Read more »

Summa Defence resumed trading after a one-day halt today, and shares slid sharply after the defense technology company said its planned agreement worth more than EUR 30 million with a NATO country will not be added to the order book this year. Read more »

Nordic software company Solteq Plc lowered its profit guidance for 2025, signalling that the expected recovery in profitability will be weaker than previously forecast.  Read more »

Nordea Bank is scaling up its capital returns. The Finnish lender today announced a new share buy-back program of up to EUR 500 million, twice the size of the EUR 250 million program it completed only days ago. Read more »