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by Lasokki 1959 days ago
Except that Finland was not taken over by Soviet Union and the Helsinki Stock Exchange was kept open after the war. Though apparently 1940-1960 was quite a slow period for the exchange, as Finland was in the process of recovering from the war.

Interestingly, around half of late 40's trade in the exchange was from obligations, which were distributed to population relocated from areas of Finland that were lost to the Soviet Union[1]

[1] https://www.taloustieteellinenyhdistys.fi/wp-content/uploads..., page 315, in Finnish