The increase comes after the New York Stock Exchange's S&P 500 index closed at a new record level during Wednesday evening. Chip giant Nvidia fell back in after-hours trading after releasing new quarterly figures.
On the Stockholm Stock Exchange, mining giant Boliden takes the lead with an increase of 1.2 percent, while Astra Zeneca goes in the opposite direction with a decline of 0.3 percent.
During the morning, Bioarctic has released quarterly figures, the stock rises 6 percent after the company turned operating loss to profit. In the same direction, medical technology company Elekta is moving, rising just over 3 percent on its report.
Swedbank announces that it is buying out sector colleague Barclays from the credit card company Entercard, a deal worth 2.6 billion kronor. The stock rises 0.9 percent.
