Profit
after tax for January-June 2013 was SEK 274 million (January-June 2012:
701).
Earnings
per share totalled SEK 3.3 (8.3).
Return
on equity was 2.6 per cent (7.2).
Operating
profit, excluding items affecting comparability, totalled SEK 545 million
(1 048). The decline was attributable to lower selling prices for printing
paper and a stronger Swedish krona.
Compared
with the first quarter, operating profit rose by SEK 69 million to SEK 307
million. The establish-ment of a jointly-owned wind power company and
start-up of a biofuel boiler in the UK had a positive effect on the
result, while a major maintenance shutdown at Iggesund Mill had a negative
impact.
The
market situation for paperboard was stable, while demand for printing
paper and sawn timber remained weak
