Stockholm Stock Exchange Sees Broad Decline Aligning with European Markets

In line with the leading stock exchanges in Europe, the Stockholm stock exchange ended the trading week on a minus. The broad OMXS index fell 0.5 percent.

» Published: July 04 2025

Stockholm Stock Exchange Sees Broad Decline Aligning with European Markets
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Friday's decline in Stockholm is broad and among the few companies on OMXS30 that are traded on plus is the defense group Saab, which announced that it has received an order from FMV for additional combat boats and rose 0.6 percent.

Also, clothing giant H&M remained above zero, up 0.2 percent, after the owner family continued to buy shares in the company. Best of the large companies was the pharmaceutical company Astra Zeneca, plus 1.4 percent.

On the minus side, the mining company Boliden took the lead and fell 2 percent, followed by truck manufacturer Volvo AB and the Wallenberg sphere's power company EQT, minus 1.7 and 1.4 percent respectively.

All four major banks were drawn into the fall and fell between 1 (Swedbank) and 1.3 percent (SEB).

Seen over the trading week as a whole, however, it was a green light for the Stockholm stock exchange, up 0.5 percent.

Also on the leading European stock exchanges in Paris and Frankfurt, it was downward. The London stock exchange closed unchanged.

On Friday, July 4, the US stock exchanges are closed to celebrate the country's Independence Day.

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