According to a Reuters poll of 43 analysts, the world’s biggest mobile phone manufacturer, Nokia is expected to report a 50% rise in underlying Q1 earnings per share as economic recovery increases demand reports an article over on economic times.

Nokia is expected to deliver a report of underlying January-March earning per share of €0.15 which is up form €0.10 the previous year.

Of those 43 analysts polled by Reuters and who gave their recommendations on the Nokia stock, twenty were positive while five were negative and eight were neutral.

The estimates for this finding were gathered starting the 6th of April to the 13th of April 2010.