SSAB Report for the first quarter of 2013
The quarter · Sales of SEK 8,833 (11,023) million · Operating profit/loss of SEK -136 (479) million · Profit/loss after financial items of SEK -278 (329) million · Earnings per share of SEK -0.42 (0.87) · Operating cash flow of SEK 85 (1,887) million and cash flow from current operations of SEK -111 (1,684) millionComments by the CEO The economic activity in North America and Asia strengthened somewhat while, as expected, the trend in Europe was very weak. The first quarter was characterized by a degree of restocking by customers, which had a positive impact on SSAB'