By lunchtime, the stock exchange had risen 0,7 percent, and by 4 pm, the OMXS index was up almost 1 percent.
Then, the central bank chief Jerome Powell said in a speech in Wyoming that the situation "can justify" an interest rate cut in September – which made the world's stock exchanges jump for joy, also in Stockholm.
At the close, the reporting heat pump manufacturer Nibe was the highest among the most traded stocks on the OMXS30 list, with a plus of 5.1 percent. The other two podium places were taken by the mining company Boliden and the engineering company SKF, which rose 4 and 3.4 percent, respectively.
At the other end of the scale, the pharmaceutical company Astra Zeneca had fallen back 1 percent, while the telecom operators Tele2 and Telia had fallen 0.8 and 0.1 percent, respectively.
At the close in Stockholm, the mood was cheerful also on the larger European stock exchanges with rises in Frankfurt, London, and Paris – and in New York, all three major indexes were even more positive.
The krona has strengthened during the day and one dollar costs 9.50 kronor and one euro costs 11.14 kronor.
Friday's rise means that the Stockholm stock exchange is 2.2 percent down for the week in total.
