Stockholm Stock Exchange Rises as OMXS Index Gains 0.6%

On the large company list OMXS30, Wallenberg's venture capital company EQT went best, up 2.9 percent. Also Handelsbanken and Tele2 belonged to the winners, plus 2.1 and 1.9 percent respectively.

Defense company Saab turned upwards in the afternoon and rose 0.6 percent.

Among the losers were mining company Boliden, minus 1.9 percent, truck manufacturer AB Volvo, down 1.5 percent, and pharmaceutical giant Astra Zeneca, which fell back 1.4 percent.

On the leading European stock exchanges in London, Paris and Frankfurt, it was upwards, in line with the Stockholm stock exchange.