The market is characterized, among other things, by concerns about an AI bubble after four US tech giants raised their investment plans to a staggering $650 billion by 2026.
The krona continues this week's downward trend, which began after minutes showed that members of the board may consider lowering the key interest rate this spring. One dollar costs 9.06 kronor, one euro 10.68 kronor.
Skanska's shares are down 1.8 percent after an accounting report. Volvo Cars, whose shares plunged 22.5 percent on Thursday, is down just over 3 percent.
Wall Street ended Thursday clearly down, while trading on leading Asian stock exchanges was mixed overnight.
The prices of gold and silver have stabilized after the recent sharp decline.
The OMXS index is up 3.3 percent since the turn of the year.
