SSE (Stockholm) Market Overviews

Stockholm Stock Market Overview 09/01/2006 –13/01/2006

Last week several noticeable changes in shares prices appeared on the Stockholm Stock Market. This overview will discuss several companies, which have experienced these changes. First of all, Nobel Biocare Holding AG (NOBE) will be discussed as a company which has faced the biggest increase of its share price during the week. The second company which will be of interest is Holmen AB ser. B (HOLM B), which shares sharply fall in price after several events on the market. And in the end, Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA ser. B (SCA B), which stock value has been declining slightly for a long period of time.

To begin with, the shares price of Nobel Biocare Holding AG (NOBE) was varying around € 106.39 and finished the trading week with the highest increase of € 1.92 per share. The company, being the world leader in innovative esthetic dental solutions, is one of the most stable and safe on the Stock Market, it explains the high price of its shares. The company has been experiencing the fluctuating increase in its shares price since Monday, when the Full Year Report was presented by the company. According to the report, company is going to organize a world tour to conduct several post-graduate study programs during the year and make better the financial conditions of the company. Most probably, the shares of the Nobel Biocare Holding AG will continue to grow and next week.

The second company with extreme change in stock value is Holmen AB ser. B (HOLM B), which has lost approximately € 0.83 after sudden fall on Thursday. The key financial figures of the company show that its financial ratios are diminishing every year. Moreover, the company’s both profit before tax and earnings per share are also getting less. Unless it makes changes in the financial strategy, the company will lose its stock value not only the next week, but also in future.

And finally, Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA ser. B (SCA B), a competitor of Procter and Gamble, is a company, which has also been losing its shares value since the New Year. However, the newly established corporate staff function of the head of Internal Audit, established in the company last week, will help to return the previous value of stock and even increase it. The first evidence is the slight increase in share prices of € 0.51, which appeared in the begging of the week. All in all, the company might experience the further increase in stock value during the next week.

By Vitalija Bogdanoviciute,
Aleksej Jevstafjev,
Egle Saltinyte