The following stocks may be affected by newspaper reports and
other factors on Friday:
NORWEGIAN AIR NWC.OL
The budget airliner flew 1.9 million passengers in February,
a growth of 15 percent year over year while the load factor was
up 0.8 percentage points to 85.6 percent.
For more on the company, click on NWC.OL
NOKIAN TYRES NRE1V.HE
Nine of 12 members of the management team in the Finnish
tyre maker sold their options worth in total about 600,000 euros
($656,880) before the company admitted it had manipulated
magazine tyre tests by supplying special high quality tyres to
motoring journalists until last year, newspaper Helsingin
Sanomat reported.
Following the scandal that started from a newspaper article
last week, Nokian's shares have dropped, although the company
has said it sees no grounds for consumer compensations or other
legal consequences.
On Thursday, the company's former CEO Kim Gran cancelled his
proposed board membership at construction company YIT
YTY1V.HE , without further explanation.
For more on the company, click NRE1V.HE
SANDVIK SAND.ST
Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) lowers its recommendation on the Swedish
industrial firm's shares to "sell" from "neutral".
For more on the company, click on SAND.ST
LUNDIN MINING LUN.TO LUMIsdb.ST
The miner early on Friday announced a deal to buy a stake in
in a copper/gold project in Serbia for up to $262.5 million.
For more on the company, click on LUMIsdb.ST LUN.TO
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