Oriflame Holding AG (ORI) Jumped 0.51% on Jan 29

January 29, 2018 - By Adrian Mccoy

Shares of Oriflame Holding AG (STO:ORI) last traded at 352.8, representing a move of 0.51%, or 1.8 per share, on volume of 7,895 shares. After opening the trading day at 349.8, shares of Oriflame Holding AG traded in a close range. Oriflame Holding AG currently has a total float of 53.38M shares and on average sees 106,219 shares exchange hands each day. The stock now has a 52-week low of 259.2 and high of 383.8.

The Swedish Equity Market

Sweden is known around the world for a lot of global brands. However, there is so much beyond those that Sweden is rarely linked to or acknowledged for.

What most people don’t know is that Sweden is also home to one of the best economies in all of Europe. With good corporate governance and a healthy trade and commerce environment, the Swedish economy is immensely growing to become more and more influential regionally and globally. It influence spread on the companies at the market like Oriflame Holding AG. Through time, it has been established that Sweden is one of the most valuable contributors to the growth of the European economy.

The Stock Exchange

In Sweden, the Stockholm Stock Exchange or Nasdaq Stockholm is the main stock exchange situated in Frihamnen, Stockholm. Like the other stock exchanges in Nordic nations such as Norway and Iceland, it is owned and operated by Nasdaq, Inc. since 2008. These Nasdaq Nordic stock exchanges include the Tallinn Stock Exchange or Nasdaq Baltic; the Riga Stock Exchange or Nasdaq Baltic; the Iceland Stock Exchange or Nasdaq Iceland; the Helsinki Stock Exchange or Nasdaq Helsinki; the Copenhagen Stock Exchange or Nasdaq Copenhagen; and the Armenia Stock Exchange or Nasdaq OMX Armenia.

The Nasdaq Stockholm has been around since 1863. Until May 1990, it had operated at the Stockholm Stock Exchange Building using a floor trading system. It is in June 1990 that electronic trading system had arrived in the country. It brings improvements with each new year to the work of the market, helping Oriflame Holding AG to stay there.

Regular trading on the Nasdaq Stockholm opens at 9:00 a.m. and closes at 5:00 p.m. Today, more than 300 stocks are listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm. Its total market valuation is currently at $1.26 trillion.

The Index

The benchmark index in Sweden is the OMX Stockholm 30 (OMXS30), which is a market-capitalization-weighted index that tracks the top 30 stocks listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm. It uses the base value of 125 points— the base date being September 1986.

The OMXS30 is semi-annually rebalanced in order to ensure proper and accurate indication of the Swedish economy. Every rebalancing period, old stocks can be dropped from it and new ones can be added— largely depending on different factors and overall performance in the equity market.

The three largest sectors in the OMXS30 include Industrials, Financials, and Consumer Services.

The OMXS30 had posted its all-time low of 98.96 points, which is widely attributed to Black Monday, in November 1987. During the last few months of the year 1987, equity markets around the world had tumbled, which is an event now commonly dubbed as Black Monday. The meltdown had begun in Hong Kong and quickly spread like a wildfire worldwide.

Nonetheless, the OMXS30 had eventually banked gains, posting its all-time high of 1,719.93 in April 2015. Oriflame Holding AG also received the increase.

It is a general truth that the best way to bet on a country’s growth potentials and long-term prospects is to penetrate its equity market. Consequently, the best way to bank on the growth of the Swedish economy and to maximize the opportunities in the nation is to invest on Nasdaq Stockholm stocks.

More notable recent Oriflame Holding AG (STO:ORI) news were published by: Globenewswire.com which released: “Oriflame Holding AG publishes Annual Report for 2015” on March 07, 2016, also Businesswire.com with their article: “Change in the number of shares and votes for Oriflame Holding AG” published on June 30, 2016, Businesswire.com published: “Oriflame enters partnership with IBM to support digital transformation within …” on August 16, 2016. More interesting news about Oriflame Holding AG (STO:ORI) were released by: Globenewswire.com and their article: “Derivatives: Change of name and ticker code for Oriflame Cosmetics due to …” published on June 18, 2015 as well as Businesswire.com‘s news article titled: “Oriflame: Restated data reflecting new structure of segment reporting published” with publication date: April 20, 2016.

Oriflame Holding AG manufactures and sells cosmetics worldwide. The company has market cap of $18.83 billion. The Company’s product portfolio includes skin care products; color cosmetics; fragrances; personal and hair care products, such as body care, bath and shower, hair care, oral hygiene, foot care, hand care, and baby care products; accessories that comprise jewelry, sunglasses, handbags, watches, pashminas, hair brushes, toothbrushes, manicure sets, toiletries bags, and deco and gifts, as well as men's and kids accessories and gifts, such as gloves, scarves, belts, watches, backpacks, toys, and stationery products; and wellness products. It has a 199.43 P/E ratio.