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Stockholm market ended the week with broad gains, OMXS30 index rose 1.3 percent. Published on 10/16/2026 at 11:38 am EDT Finwire - Translated by Marketscreener - See original The Stockholm market rose in broad-based gains on Friday. The increase was in line with Frankfurt, while London and Paris posted more moderate gains. Among the companies reporting today were Investor and Avanza. At the close, the OMXS30 index was up 1.25 percent at 3,296.84. Shares worth approximately SEK 28.6bn changed hands on the Stockholm market. Among the market's larger industrial sectors, financials posted the strongest performance, rising 1.6 percent. At the other end of the scale, health care was at the bottom, down 0.5 percent. Among the leading stocks included in the OMXS30 index, EQT rose 3.3 percent, while Saab B gained 2.9 percent. AstraZeneca posted the weakest performance, down 1.9 percent, while ABB fell 0.6 percent. Investment company Investor's adjusted net asset value was SEK 411 per share on September 30, an increase of 4 percent during the quarter. Investor is also buying shares in private equity firm EQT from Wallenberg Investments for SEK 3.5bn. The stock rose 2.3 percent. Online broker Avanza Bank reported operating profit that was slightly below expectations in the third quarter, while the company lowered its cost forecast for its expansion into Denmark. Revenue was also slightly below consensus. The stock dropped 2.8 percent. Mining company Lundin Mining expects positive price adjustments of $51m before tax in the third quarter, primarily related to previous copper sales. At the same time, the company reported costs of $66m following winter storms that temporarily disrupted operations at the Caserones mine in Chile. The company also expects realized losses of $9m from gold derivatives. In addition, Lundin Mining received $23m in additional consideration from the sale of Neves-Corvo to Boliden. The stock rose 2.9 percent. Hygiene and health care company Essity rose 0.6 percent. Asia Pulp & Paper and private equity firm CVC Capital Partners are considering separate bids for Essity's consumer tissue business. RGE is also among the potential bidders, Bloomberg News reported, citing sources. Essity began a strategic review of the business area in May. European defense stocks had a strong trading day on Friday, and Sweden's Saab joined its sector peers in rising. Nuclear technology company Studsvik signed a framework agreement with Norway's NND for the management of spent nuclear fuel from the research reactors in Halden and Kjeller. The agreement runs until 2055 and has an estimated minimum value of SEK 875m, while the total value is estimated at SEK 3bn-4bn. The stock advanced 4.6 percent. Lighting company Plejd delivered a strong third-quarter report. Revenue rose 31 percent and operating profit increased 60 percent from the same quarter last year. Value growth in installations amounted to 26 percent globally. The stock rose 2.5 percent. Real estate company Platzer's net property management income increased 10 percent to SEK 218m in the third quarter. The stock fell 1.0 percent. Real estate company NP3's net property management income amounted to SEK 355m in the third quarter, an increase of 12 percent. NP3 reiterated its forecast for net property management income of SEK 1.24bn for the full year 2026. The stock rose 2.7 percent. Automaker Volvo Cars expanded its collaboration with technology company Nvidia to develop safer automated driving for future vehicle models. The stock rose 2.8 percent. A few recommendation changes appeared in the news flow. It was a double upgrade for major bank Nordea, which was raised to Accumulate from Reduce by Inderes and to Buy from Hold by Arctic Securities. The stock closed 0.3 percent higher. Danske Bank dropped its Buy recommendation for Ericsson and lowered its rating to Hold. The stock nevertheless rose 1.9 percent. Wallenstam climbed 2.7 percent after Kepler Cheuvreux raised its recommendation to Buy from Hold. Bjorn Borg rose 1.3 percent. Inderes raised its recommendation to Buy from Accumulate. (C) Finwire - 2026

Sources: Asia Pulp & Paper and CVC considering bids for Essity's tissue business. Asia Pulp & Paper and private equity firm CVC Capital Partners are considering separate bids for hygiene and health company Essity's consumer tissue business. Today 12:28 RGE is also among potential bidders, Bloomberg News reports, citing sources. The business, which includes brands such as Cushelle, Tempo and Tork, could be valued at around EUR 3 billion. The sales process is expected to begin during the month. Discussions are still ongoing and Essity may choose to refrain from a sale. The company says that the strategic review continues and that all options are being evaluated. 275.50 SEK +0.0% (+0.0 SEK)

Ahlstrom, Essity, and Midstrom collaborate to advance bioCO[2] value chains. Oct 13, 2026 - 10:27 Backed by InnoEnergy, a European impact fund, Midstrom is deploying a "Build-Own-Operate" model; the company finances and manages the entire infrastructure chain, removing financial risk from emitters while guaranteeing bankable, industrial-scale supply of this critical feedstock. As a first step, the partners have launched feasibility studies at Essity's Lilla Edet mill and Ahlstrom's Billingsfors mill to assess technical, logistical and commercial requirements for carbon capture and utilisation (CCU). Connecting Swedish bioCO[2] with European demand. The collaboration brings together industrial emitters and value-chain development expertise to explore how bioCO2 from Swedish pulp and paper mills could be connected with growing European demand. By working with two established pulp and paper producers, Midstrom is taking an important step toward developing scalable and commercially viable bioCO2 value chains. BioCO[2] can be used as a feedstock for synthetic fuels and chemicals or permanently stored to generate carbon dioxide removals (CDR). Pulp and paper mills represent a significant potential source, but many individual sites lack the scale, infrastructure, and commercial arrangements needed to bring it to market. Midstrom was created to address this gap. Its model aggregates bioCO[2] from multiple industrial sites and connects those volumes with companies seeking (bio)CO[2] for electro-fuel (eFuel) production or carbon storage. By scaling across several sites, Midstrom aims to reduce the infrastructure, market, and regulatory barriers that many individual emitters face when seeking to bring bioCO[2] to market. This approach can help reduce the risks associated with developing new CO[2] value chains, allowing industrial companies to evaluate opportunities without having to navigate evolving markets on their own. Biogenic carbon dioxide is becoming a strategic feedstock for Europe's energy transition, but connecting dispersed industrial emitters that lack the scale, infrastructure, or market access with the emerging demand remains a significant challenge. Collaborating with Essity and Ahlstrom allows Renewable Focus to work directly with leading industrial companies to explore how biogenic CO[2] can be brought to market and helps Renewable Focus further develop Midstrom's model for building scalable value chains, said Jeremiah Dutton, Midstrom Venture Lead at InnoEnergy. Testing the model at two industrial sites. Essity's Lilla Edet mill, near Gothenburg, produces tissue using a largely fossil-free energy supply, making the CO[2] in its flue gases predominantly biogenic. The study will assess the technical and operational implications of adding carbon capture at a site that has already significantly reduced fossil emissions. Through this collaboration, Renewable Focus can explore how biogenic carbon dioxide from its operations could contribute to emerging low-carbon value chains while creating potential new opportunities for the mill, said Johan Langren, Supply Chain Sustainability, Essity Health Care. Ahlstrom's Billingsfors mill in western Sweden produces specialty papers and offers a different industrial setup and scale, providing an opportunity to assess carbon capture integration in another manufacturing environment. Renewable Focus see value in exploring emerging opportunities linked to CO[2] and carbon capture. A "collaboration" with Midstrom is a good way to assess these opportunities and get a grip on what could be possible for both its Billingsfors mill and potentially other sites in the future, said Rune Årnes, VP Health, Safety and Environment, Ahlstrom Group. In parallel with the site studies, InnoEnergy is working with actors across the carbon capture, transport, utilisation and storage value chain to assess potential routes from Swedish industrial sites to European customers and permanent storage. The feasibility studies will determine the technical, logistical and commercial requirements needed to capture, transport and market bioCO[2] from the two mills, while assessing the long-term viability of scalable CO[2] value chains.