In its building and technical trade division, the Finnish Kesko Group achieved sales of 4.6092 bn euros last year. This equated to a nominal increase of 9.5 per cent over the previous year, while the comparable change was 1.0 per cent. However, the division sustained a loss of a nominal 10.7 per cent in the last quarter of 2017. Sales of the building and technical trade on a comparable basis, thus also taking account of divestments, increased by 2.0 per cent.