Ahead of the stock market opening, telecoms manufacturer Ericsson and several other listed companies have presented quarterly reports. This afternoon, a series of major bank reports await Wall Street.
The price of North Sea oil (Brent) is rising for the second day in a row, up 1.9 percent to $84.90 per barrel after President Donald Trump declared a blockade against Iranian ships in the Strait of Hormuz and demanded a 20 percent fee on everything shipped through the strait.
The Stockholm Stock Exchange's broad OMXS index fell 0.3 percent on Monday and has risen 4.9 percent since the turn of the year.
