Ahead of the half-day open trade, pre-trade gives no clear indication, according to IG Markets’ indicator.
The Hong Kong stock exchange continues to go strong, plus 1.4 percent in the morning Swedish time, while the Tokyo stock exchange rises more cautiously. On Wall Street, the leading indexes rose across the board, but ahead of the opening there later today, futures are weakly in the red.
The Stockholm Stock Exchange has opened the year with rising rates three days in a row, after last year’s miserable performance. The broad OMXS index is up 3.6 percent since market interest rates fell broadly in the wake of inflation statistics from Germany and France, among others, which came in weaker.
The price of oil has fallen significantly in recent days, although the recent direction is in an upward trend again. In the morning, a barrel of North Sea oil costs just under 79 dollars.