On Tuesday, a mixed inflation message was delivered from the USA, which the market reacted to with relief.
The price increase rate on an annual basis landed in July at 2.7 percent, unchanged compared to June. But the so-called core inflation, cleaned for food and energy, rose from 2.9 percent in June to 3.1 percent in July, which was higher than expected.
The message put investors in the USA in a good mood and at the close, the broad S&P 500 index and the Dow Jones industrial index had both risen 1.1 percent. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index had gone up 1.4 percent.
Both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq composite index thus noted record-high closing levels.
The leading stock exchanges in Asia have taken a cue from the USA during the night and morning, and Tokyo's Nikkei225 index is up 1.2 percent, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng index is up 1.9 percent.
After yesterday's American inflation figures, the krona was strengthened against the dollar, and one dollar costs 9.55 kronor on Wednesday morning. One euro costs 11.15 kronor.
