At the top of the large company list OMXS30 is the defense group Saab, which rises 3 percent, and it is thus the seventh trading day in a row that the stock rises. In the morning, the message came that all parties in the parliament have agreed on a loan-financed record investment in the defense.
At the bottom of the large company list is Sinch, which instead falls back 3.5 percent.
The forest company Stora Enso surges 14 percent after yesterday's message that they are opening up to listing their Swedish forest assets on the stock exchange.
The mild winter weather has affected the tourism company Skistar, which this morning reported lower profits for the third quarter compared to last year. The stock falls 2.3 percent.
Also on the continent, the stock exchanges are mostly pointing downwards after war worries have been a drag on the Asian stock exchanges.
The Swedish krona has weakened slightly in the last 24 hours. On Thursday morning, a dollar costs 9.67 kronor while a euro costs 11.08 kronor.
