Shortly after 09 o'clock, the broad index is up by 0.1 percent.
The engineering company ABB rises the most on the OMXS30 index, by 1.8 percent. Also Atlas Copco, H&M and Ericsson rise.
Defence conglomerate Saab, on the other hand, falls the most, by 4.8 percent, after analysts at Morgan Stanley lowered their recommendation.
Prior to the stock market opening, SCB released preliminary inflation figures for August, which showed a rising CPIF inflation of 3.3 percent.
In Asia, the Tokyo stock exchange's Nikkei 225 rose by 1.5 percent, driven among other things by an increase among technology companies. The Hong Kong stock exchange falls by 0.9 percent ahead of closing. The stock exchanges in mainland China also fall.
The decline in China comes after the authorities announced that they are considering measures to cool down the stock market.
