The OMXS30 index, which lists the most traded shares, also ended weakly – after having reached a new record level at lunchtime. The index also closed 0.4 percent up.
The best performer in the OMXS30 was the automation company ABB, up 3.9 percent. The industrial companies Atlas Copco and the measurement technology company Hexagon rose 1.4 and 1.2 percent, respectively.
The worst performer was the real estate company SBB, down 3.5 percent, and the mining company Boliden, down 1.8 percent.
On the leading European stock exchanges, the development was mixed. The DAX index in Frankfurt and the CAC 40 index in Paris rose nearly 1 percent, while the FTSE 100 index in London fell a few tenths of a percent.