Ahead of the stock market opening, interim reports have come in from a long list of major Swedish companies, including banks SEB and Swedbank, food retailer Axfood, tissue manufacturer Essity and mobile operator Telia.
Oil prices are rising after new attacks on oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and on Saudi Arabia. Appetite for tech stocks also appears to be waning after Wednesday night's reports from Facebook owner Meta and Elon Musk's electric carmaker Tesla.
The Stockholm Stock Exchange's OMXS index rose 0.2 percent on Wednesday, bringing its gains since the start of the year to 7.6 percent.
