LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Shares of
Nokia Corp. sank 7% Tuesday, after Danske Bank cut the stock to sell, according to media reports. Bloomberg said that Danske Bank downgraded the stock because of a fall in shipments of older Symbian phones and doubted that the Windows Phone can compensate for the decline. Nokia will report fourth-quarter earnings Thursday, and investors will closely watch the demand for the Windows Phone, as the Espoo, Finland-based company has been lagging behind in the lucrative smartphone market. Also weighing down the stock, Texas Instruments Inc. and STMicroelectronics N.V. , both chipset suppliers to Nokia, Monday reported expected weakness in their wireless business. On a different note, Nokia was Tuesday fined AUD55,000 ($57,600) in Australia for text message spamming.Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.
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