Shares in ABB (Asea-Brown-Boveri) the Swedish-Swiss multinational went into freefall in 2001 and 2002 but recovered steadily during 2003. The shares were trading at 85 kronor on Monday 6th January 2006...half of their 2001 peak price of 190 SEK but well above their lowest price in the last quarter of 2002.

On Monday 9th January 2006 the Swedish Krona stood at 13.627 to the UK Pound Sterling. The trend over the past four years has been a strengthening of the Swedish Krona against the UK Pound from its peak of 16 at the end of 2001 to the middle of 2003 after which it has remained in the 13-14 range. Here is the five-year picture.