Among the heavyweights who have reported ahead of the stock market opening are the major bank SEB and the food group Axfood as well as the engineering group Alfa Laval.
During the night’s trade in Asia, things are pointing upwards, among other things after the announcement from China that the government is investing heavily in budget stimulus after a reshuffle among the ministers.
The krone loses somewhat against the euro and the dollar. One euro costs 11.77 kroner and one dollar costs 11.11 kroner.
The price of oil on the world market has stabilized somewhat, with fuel oil around 88 dollars per barrel, as the conflict between Israel and the terror-labelled Palestinian organization Hamas does not currently appear to draw more countries directly into the fighting.
The Stockholm Stock Exchange on Tuesday ended a seven-day streak of declines with a rise of 0.7 percent. Since the turn of the year, the OMXS index has retreated 2.6 percent.