May 28, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Omx":
Business & Money: 6 Feb 12
Swedish investment firm Kinnevik has made an offer to buy up Metro International, a global publisher of free newspapers.
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Business & Money: 24 Dec 11
The Stockholm stock exchange closed up slightly on the Friday before Christmas amid reports of an increase in the number of new companies registered in Sweden in 2011.
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Business & Money: 19 Oct 11
From mining and tunneling to ports and airports, global engineering group Cavotec is improving productivity for customers worldwide. Now it is listing on the NASDAQ OMX in Stockholm.
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Business & Money: 28 Sep 11
At the close of trading on Tuesday, the Stockholm stock exchange OMXS index had risen by 5.7 percent on the back of positive news from Greece.
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Business & Money: 19 Aug 11
The Stockholm stock market continued to fall on Friday, with the OMXS-index dropping nearly 4 percent within 30 minutes of opening and finishing the week down nearly 11 percent - and the lowest level since autumn 2009.
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Business & Money: 18 Aug 11
The Stockholm stock exchange was down 6.2 percent on Thursday afternoon when trading closed, making the drop the steepest since November 2008. A broad fall among other European stock markets means fears of a recession are mounting.
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Business & Money: 11 Aug 11
The Stockholm stock exchange plunged on Wednesday as global markets tumbled on fears of Greek debt and the risk of a downgrading of France's credit rating.
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Business & Money: 9 Aug 11
Swedish experts have expressed scepticism that the Riksbank will raise base interest rates when it meets to discuss monetary policy on September 6th, after a renewed day of stock market turbulence in Stockholm.
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Business & Money: 9 Aug 11
The Stockholm stock market fell 5.2 percent on Monday - the worst fall in nearly three years.
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Politics: 8 Aug 11
Sweden's finance minister Anders Borg on Monday promised a "cautious" economic policy as he commented on turbulence in global stock markets. Trading in Stockholm meanwhile nosedived as US markets opened.
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Business & Money: 8 Aug 11
As expected the Stockholm stock exchange opened sharply down on Monday although after an hour's trading had rebounded into positive territory as the market battled to digest the weekend's global finance developments.
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Business & Money: 5 Aug 11
The Stockholm stock exchange dropped by 4 percent at the opening of trading on Friday morning, but had recouped the losses by the afternoon amid mounting fears about the the global economy.
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Politics: 4 Feb 11
The Swedish government confirmed on Friday that it had raised 19 billion kronor ($2.94 billion) on the sale of 255 million of its shares in Nordic banking giant Nordea.
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Politics: 3 Feb 11
The Swedish government announced on Thursday its intention to sell more than 250 million shares of its holdings in Nordea bank.
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Business & Money: 21 Jan 11
Sweden's ruling minority Alliance coalition may lose yet another vote in parliament after the Sweden Democrats announced their intention to support a motion to stop or restrict the sale of state-owned enterprises.
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Business & Money: 16 Dec 10
Swedish holding company Investor has agreed to double its stake in the NASDAQ OMX Group, the Wallenberg family powerhouse announced on Thursday.
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Business & Money: 17 Sep 10
Swedish oil firm Lundin Petroleum climbed fast on the Stockholm stock exchange on Friday morning after announcing a "significant" find in the Norwegian North Sea.
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Business & Money: 2 Jul 10
The 57 Swedish state-owned firms are estimated to have increased their total worth by 24 percent or 120 billion kronor ($15.77 billion) to 620 billion kronor in 2009, according to new government estimates.
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Business & Money: 25 May 10
Increasing concern about the European debt crisis and renewed tensions between North and South Korea caused share prices in Stockholm to fall sharply on Tuesday.
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Business & Money: 11 May 10
The Stockholm stock exchange followed markets across Europe and Asia downwards on Tuesday morning after a day of significant gains on Monday and indicating that the recent turbulence remains.
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Business & Money: 23 Apr 10
Swedish truck maker Volvo AB topped the list of winners as the Stockholm stock exchange opened for business on Friday after reporting positive interim figures.
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Business & Money: 27 Nov 09
The Stockholm stock exchange fell by 3.1 percent on Thursday in response to an announcement that Dubai World has requested deferment on its $59 billion mountain of debt.
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Business & Money: 21 Aug 09
The Stockholm stock exchange and the krona both hit record levels for the year on Friday as several economic indicators point to an upswing in Sweden's economic fortunes.
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Business & Money: 13 Aug 09
The Stockholm stock exchange continued its meteoric rise since the turn of the year and set a new annual high on Thursday.
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Business & Money: 18 May 09
The Stockholm Stock Exchange's recent recovery gained fresh momentum on Monday, as Sweden's major banks and the Ticket travel agency chain all saw their stocks rise.
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Business & Money: 23 Apr 09
Major Swedish bank Swedbank has reported an operating loss of 3.36 billion kronor ($400 million) for the first quarter. The huge losses caused the Stockholm bourse to drop in early trading.
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Business & Money: 20 Mar 09
Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson warned investors on Friday that its first quarter profits wouldn’t meet expectations.
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Business & Money: 16 Mar 09
The beleaguered Swedish currency continued its recovery on Monday as the cost of the euro slipped under 11 kronor for the first time since mid-February.
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Business & Money: 26 Feb 09
Swedish truck maker Volvo Group plans to make a groundbreaking investment of at least least €1.8 billion ($2.3 billion) to develop of new truck models this year.
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Business & Money: 11 Feb 09
TeliaSonera credited earnings from emerging markets and the Nordic-Baltic region for helping the Swedish-Finnish telecom operator beat fourth quarter net profits expectations when it presented its results on Wednesday.
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Business & Money: 3 Feb 09
Scandinavian airline SAS reported major losses for 2008 on Tuesday as it announced plans to accelerate restructuring, lay off thousands, and divest several subsidiaries.
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Business & Money: 30 Jan 09
The Swedish government announced on Friday it was postponing the sale of state-owned mortgage lender SBAB because of the financial crisis.
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National: 3 Jan 09
The Stockholm stock exchange had a flying to start to 2009 after last year's historic crash. The exchange closed almost 5 percent up on Friday on the back of gains worldwide.
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Business & Money: 5 Dec 08
A Swedish pension fund that abides by Sharia laws has outperformed the Stockholm stock exchange since its launch in October.
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Business & Money: 3 Nov 08
The Stockholm stock exchange has begun the week on a high note with the OMXS index gaining 4.6 percent on Monday.
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Business & Money: 31 Oct 08
The Stockholm stock exchange finished Friday down 0.57 percent to close at 201.37 on a trading day shortened in advance of the All Saints Day holiday.
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Business & Money: 29 Oct 08
The Stockholm stock exchange rebounded from a shaky start to the week with a 5 percent jump in early Tuesday trading.
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Business & Money: 28 Oct 08
TeliaSonera has posted third quarter results that were lower than last year, but the Swedish-Finnish telecommunications operator's profits were higher than forecast.
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Business & Money: 24 Oct 08
The Stockholm stock exchange took a tumble in early trading on Friday, with the OMXS index dropping 5 percent by 9.15am. Shares in Volvo shed 19 percent of their value.
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Business & Money: 16 Oct 08
The Stockholm stock exchange took a minor tumble on Thursday morning in the wake of fresh falls on Asian and US markets, while the Swedish krona fell sharply against the euro and the dollar.
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Business & Money: 14 Oct 08
Swedish investment giant Investor expressed optimism for the future on Tuesday despite suffering massive third quarter losses.
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Business & Money: 13 Oct 08
The Stockholm stock exchange recovered some of the ground lost in recent weeks with a massive 8.8 percent rise on Monday.
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Business & Money: 10 Oct 08
After approximately five minutes of trading on the Stockholm stock exchange on Friday, the OMXS index had fallen 8.2 percent.
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Business & Money: 6 Oct 08
Stockholm's stock exchange plunged on Monday at a rate not seen since the terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001.
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Business & Money: 6 Oct 08
The Stockholm stock exchange opened with a sharp drop on Monday, reflecting the continued anxiety about the health of global financial markets.
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Business & Money: 3 Oct 08
A rollercoaster week on the Stockholm stock exchange ended on a peak as rates rose in anticipation of Friday's financial rescue package vote in the United States.
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Business & Money: 1 Oct 08
Financial authorities in Sweden said on Wednesday they were withdrawing the licence of the NGM Stock Exchange for actions which have violated the “trust and confidence” of the agency.
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Business & Money: 29 Sep 08
The Stockholm stock exchange suffered a sharp slide on Monday, dragged down by steep share price drops for bank stocks, while the Riskbank took further measures to shore up liquidity.
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Business & Money: 19 Sep 08
The good times kept rolling on the Stockholm stock exchange on Friday afternoon, with the OMXS-index up 7.9 percent on the day, the largest one day jump since 1992.
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Business & Money: 19 Sep 08
Upheaval in the financial markets will likely complicated plans by the Swedish government to sell off state-owned mortgage lender SBAB in the near future, analysts said on Friday.
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Business & Money: 19 Sep 08
The Stockholm stock exchange staged a strong recovery as trading opened on Friday morning.
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Business & Money: 16 Sep 08
Shares in Swedish banks continued to fall on the Stockholm stock exchange on Tuesday amid fears of a deepening crisis in the US financial sector.
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Business & Money: 15 Sep 08
In a dismal day on the Stockholm stock exchange, shares in Swedish banks took a particular beating amidst renewed concerns about the financial sector following the collapse of US investment bank Lehman Brothers.
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Business & Money: 12 Sep 08
Trading of shares of Scandinavian airline SAS was halted Friday afternoon by the Stockholm stock exchange following the stock’s dramatic rise on rumours that Germany’s Lufthansa is considering a takeover of the beleaguered airline.
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Business & Money: 16 Jul 08
Swedish bank SEB said on Wednesday that second-quarter net profit had plunged by 20 percent to 2.8 billion kronor ($469 million).
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Business & Money: 5 Jun 08
TeliaSonera’s board on Thursday rejected a €33 billion ($51 billion) offer put forward by France Telecom to acquire the Nordic telecoms group.
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Business & Money: 3 Jun 08
The Stockholm stock exchange finally opened for trading at 2:30pm on Tuesday, the second day in a row trading has been delayed by a technical problem.
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Business & Money: 29 Apr 08
Scandinavian airline SAS has said rising fuel costs pushed it further into the red in the first quarter.
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Business & Money: 28 Apr 08
Electrolux reported a first quarter loss on Monday, weighed down by weak markets, costly product launches and restructuring.
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Business & Money: 28 Apr 08
Electrolux reported a first quarter loss on Monday, weighed down by weak markets, costly product launches and restructuring.
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Business & Money: 26 Apr 08
Strong interim reports from Ericsson, Volvo and Telia Sonera put the Stockholm stock exchange in a bullish mood as the trading week ended on Friday.
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Business & Money: 18 Apr 08
The Stockholm stock exchange finished the trading week higher with TeliaSonera and bank stocks leading the way.
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Business & Money: 12 Apr 08
A weak report from General Electric sank the Stockholm bourse as the trading week ended on Friday. The OMXS index closed down 1.5 percent.
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Business & Money: 2 Apr 08
The Stockholm stock exchange continued its recent upsurge on Wednesday.
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Business & Money: 2 Apr 08
The sale of Absolut vodka maker Vin & Sprit represents a major step forward in the government's privatization programme. AFP's Delphine Touitou looks at which state-owned enterprises might be next on the auction block, and why.
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Business & Money: 17 Mar 08
Drops in Asian markets and continued concerns over credit markets sent the Stockholm stock exchange down sharply on Monday.
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Business & Money: 15 Mar 08
The Stockholm bourse ended the week in dramatic fashion following bad news from New York.
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Business & Money: 8 Mar 08
The Stockholm stock exchange fell across the board on Friday. Commodities and finance stocks led the fall.
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Business & Money: 4 Mar 08
Shares in Scania and Ericsson plummeted on the Stockholm stock exchange on Tuesday.
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Business & Money: 23 Feb 08
The Stockholm stock exchange ended a stable week with a fall on Friday as the OMXS index closed down 1.2 percent due to concerns over the economic outlook.
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Business & Money: 16 Feb 08
The Stockholm stock exchange closed down 1.1 percent on Friday on reports of weaker consumer demand in the USA.
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National: 11 Feb 08
Governments on the right and the left seldom utilize outside advice when selling state assets.
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Business & Money: 9 Feb 08
The Stockholm stock exchange closed down 0.2 percent on Friday, down 5.7 percent for the week. A poor report from Telia was to blame.
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Business & Money: 2 Feb 08
The Stockholm stock exchange ended the week on a positive note despite Ericsson's report.
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Business & Money: 28 Jan 08
There was renewed uncertainty on the Stockholm stock exchange on Monday as international markets continued to fluctuate.
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Business & Money: 25 Jan 08
The Financial Markets Advisory Committee sees benefits for stock exchange operator OMX from linking with Nasdaq/Borse Dubai.
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Business & Money: 24 Jan 08
The Stockholm stock exchange rebounded strongly on Thursday following rises in New York and Tokyo.
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Business & Money: 23 Jan 08
The Stockholm stock exchange took another tumble on Wednesday following a brief respite.
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Business & Money: 22 Jan 08
The Stockholm stock exchange finished on an upswing after a day filled with stomach-churning peaks and troughs.
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Business & Money: 16 Jan 08
The OMXS-index was down nearly 2 percent in early trading.
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Business & Money: 15 Jan 08
Shares in Stockholm fall on Tuesday, as traders fear bad news in forthcoming company reports.
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Business & Money: 7 Jan 08
The Stockholm stock exchange slumped for the fourth consecutive day of trading on Monday.
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Business & Money: 4 Jan 08
Worries about the US economy sent Stockholm's OMXS index tumbling on Friday, leaving it 5.6 percent down since the start of the year.
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Business & Money: 3 Jan 08
Concerns about US growth contribute to falls on the year's second day of trading.
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Business & Money: 2 Jan 08
Announcement comes following approval for the deal by U.S. regulators
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National: 1 Jan 08
US officials have approved Borse Dubai's investment in Nasdaq, paving the way for a joint bid for Stockholm's OMX.
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Business & Money: 28 Dec 07
Stock markets fell worldwide on Thursday following news of the murder of Benazir Bhutto. The Stockholm OMX index closed down 0.4 percent.
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Business & Money: 22 Dec 07
The Stockholm stock exchange climbed by 1.8 percent on Friday.
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Business & Money: 7 Dec 07
Two of Sweden's most powerful financial families, the Wallenbergs and the Stenbecks, have had a bumpy ride on this year's turbulent stock market.
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Business & Money: 4 Dec 07
The owner of the Stockholm Stock Exchange now looks set to be taken over by Nasdaq and Borse Dubai.
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Business & Money: 30 Nov 07
The Stockholm stock exchange finshed the week on a high.
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National: 26 Nov 07
Police were warning on Monday evening that a gas leak in the Frihamnen area could cause an explosion.
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Business & Money: 19 Nov 07
Credit market concerns lead to a fall on Stockholm's OMXS index and on markets around Europe.
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Business & Money: 12 Nov 07
The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority, Finansinspektionen (FI) has approved Borse Dubai's bid for Swedish stock exchange operator OMX.
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Business & Money: 9 Nov 07
The Stockholm stock exchange took a nosedive on Friday as fears of a credit crunch gripped the markets.
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Business & Money: 5 Nov 07
The OMX Nordic Exchange reached record heights in October. The company's Nordic president says he expects the trend to continue.
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Business & Money: 26 Oct 07
The Stockholm Stock Exchange closed down slightly on the week after a turbulent day of trading on Friday. TeliaSonera pleased investors with third quarter profits beating expectations, but engineering company Sandvik proved a disappointment.
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Business & Money: 24 Oct 07
Borse Dubai and Nasdaq's public offer for Nordic stock exchange operator OMX should be launched in January, OMX chief executive Magnus Böcker said on Wednesday.
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Business & Money: 23 Oct 07
The Stockholm stock exchange bounced back on Tuesday morning following its recent slide. Alfa Laval was the biggest winner on the back of a strong quarterly report.
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Business & Money: 22 Oct 07
The Stockholm stock exchange continued its recent slide when trading began on Monday morning. The latest fall wiped out the last vestiges of the year's gains.
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