Wood trade in Finland picked up last week and log prices continued to rise. The purchase volume of Metsäteollisuus ry member companies increased to 630,000 cubic meters, which is almost 90,000 cubic meters more than the previous week. All buyers' purchases for the entire beginning of the year rose to 8.6 million cubic meters. That is 2.4 million cubic meters more than in the same period last year. At that time, purchases were restrained by UPM's industrial action. Last week, average carrying prices were on the rise across the board. An average ...