During large parts of Tuesday, the stock market was quite heavily down but gassed up properly late in the afternoon.
19 stocks out of 30 among the most traded OMXS30 companies came in on the plus side. The mining company Boliden performed the best, up 2.1 percent after an interim report.
The Stenbeck family's power company Kinnevik impressed even more with its interim report and rose 8.5 percent.
Among the decliners were the defense group Saab, down 2.6 percent, and the telecom operator Telia which fell 1.5 percent.
Lowered recommendation
Handelsbanken also performed weakly, down 1.3 percent, after analysts at Morgan Stanley lowered their recommendation.
At the close in Stockholm, the stock markets in Frankfurt, London, and Paris were all heavily up. On Wall Street in New York, Monday's declines have largely continued.
President Donald Trump has, after announcing heavily increased tariffs on 14 countries – including Japan, South Africa, and South Korea – opened up for a new round of tariff talks. On Asian stock markets, the negotiation invitation was interpreted positively.
Offering 10 percent
According to the newspaper Politico, the Trump administration is said to have offered the EU general tariffs of 10 percent, but not wanted to repeal the US's sectoral tariffs on cars and steel.
The krona continued to strengthen slightly after statistics on Monday showed a Swedish inflation boost, but fell back a few öre during the trading day. One dollar costs 9.55 kronor, while the euro costs 11.18 kronor.
Since the turn of the year, the Stockholm stock market – including Tuesday's increase – is up 1.1 percent.
