The OMXS30 index also performed strongly, up 1.3 percent. The air heat pump manufacturer Nibe was among the winners among the large companies in Stockholm and the share rose 6.9 percent. The mining company Boliden went up 5.3 percent, the industrial groups Sandvik and Atlas Copco rose by 3.1 and 2.7 percent respectively.
Among the losers was Tel 2, which fell back 1.4 percent. Yesterday's loser, the defense company Saab, continued to act as a drag. The share went down 0.7 percent.
On the leading stock exchanges in Europe, it was mixed, with declines in London and rises in Frankfurt and Paris.