OMXS-index has retreated 0.4 percent by twelve o'clock.
Prior to the stock market opening, among other things, the industrial group Alfa Laval and the cloud service company Sinch have reported fresh quarterly figures.
The Sinch share rises 16.5 percent since the company reported a higher profit than expected and announced that with a mandate from the annual general meeting in May, it will initiate a repurchase program of up to 10 percent of outstanding shares.
Alfa Laval's result was also slightly better than expected, but orders received fell 14 percent in the second quarter, which was an unexpectedly large setback. The share retreats 1.8 percent.
Interim reports from large companies around the world – spiced with uncertainty surrounding tariffs – continue to characterize the market.
The tariff negotiations between the EU and the USA have been in a critical phase for weeks, where Trump has threatened with 30-percent general tariffs and the EU is preparing countermeasures.
The krona is stable against the euro and the dollar. One euro costs 11.21 kronor, while the dollar is trading at 9.58 kronor.
The world market price of crude oil is being pushed downward. A futures contract for delivery of so-called brent oil next month is trading at $68.50 per barrel.
The cryptocurrency bitcoin is trading at just over 118,000 dollars per bitcoin, from peaks around 120,000 dollars on Monday.
The Stockholm stock market rose 0.2 percent on Monday and has, with Tuesday's decline, risen 1.2 percent since the turn of the year.
