Long-term interest rates in Japan are being pushed to their highest levels in 30 years, while the Japanese yen continues to be pushed down as the market sees risks in Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's expansionary fiscal policy.
The price of North Sea oil (Brent) is down 0.2 percent to $71.94 per barrel, while the dollar is essentially unchanged at around 9.65 kronor per dollar ahead of Wall Street's reopening after the long weekend in the US.
The Stockholm Stock Exchange's broad OMXS index ended last trading week up 1.2 percent, which means a rise of 7.4 percent since the turn of the year.
