Lower own operating expenses also contributed to the result; Mellanskog expects the incoming government to prioritize compensation rights related to species-protection prohibitions.
Mercados
The largest North American cabinet maker has started a search for a permanent finance chief as it integrates American Woodmark.
Record group sales lifted results, while inflation, tariffs and Mineral Fiber mix pressured margins; Armstrong expects 2026 adjusted EBITDA of $602 million to $612 million.
The publicly owned mill expects the shutdown to last about two months, until frozen ground lets crews reach hemlock stands.
The 20-City Composite rose 2.7%, while home values fell in real terms for the 15th month in a row as inflation held at 3.4%.
Sales of new single-family homes were 676,000 in September from a revised 680,000 in August and were 5.3% below a year earlier.
Custom cabinet sales rise 1.5%, semi-custom fall 4.7% and stock fall 12.1%, while cabinet quantity drops 9.0%.
The paperboard maker is pushing through price increases and expects the market to keep recovering, while problems at its Augusta mill continued into October.
Compared with the previous month, production was up 2.4%.
Lower timber prices, efficiency gains and currency effects improved the result; planned maintenance shutdowns weakened July performance.
Japan housing starts, China industrial data, Sweden producer prices and forest products, building products and homebuilding results are also scheduled.
Monday's $10 drop was the steepest session of the week.
Price for wood furniture exported from Indian grew 5%.
Price for wooden pallets imported to Germany expanded 12.9%.
Corrugated paper edges up 0.4% on the previous ten days, natural rubber rises 6.2%
Price for lumber imported to India increased 6.3%.
The U.S. containerboard maker expects fourth-quarter adjusted EPS of $2.81, with maintenance outages at three mills and higher fiber, freight and energy costs.
Sweden's construction industry association expects 31,000 homes to be started in 2026 and 31,700 in 2027, down from 33,500 and 35,900 in its March forecast.
Private forests supplied 4.0 million m3, 9.3% less than a year earlier.
Compared with September 2025, production was down 4.9%.