In the news flow, drug development company Egetis Therapeutics is down after a private placement, while Fingerprint Cards is up on an IP and licensing deal.
It is still unclear whether the US job statistics for September will be published as planned at 2:30 p.m. due to the shutdown of US government agencies.
After 20 minutes of trading, the OMXS30 index was up 0.49 percent to 2,721.89. During the day, the index has moved within a range of 0.34 percent at its lowest and 0.58 percent at its highest.
The broad OMXSPI was up 0.66 percent.
| Companies | Change | Comment |
| Fingerprint Cards | 17.6 | SEK 19 million added through an IP and licensing deal with Pixart Imaging |
| Zinzino | 2.9 | Revenue rose by 50 percent in September on an annual basis |
| Mysafety | 3 | Completed a targeted new share issue of SEK 21 million, premium of 3 percent |
| Beijer Alma | 1 | Date set for Oscar Fredell to take over as CEO on November 3 |
| Lifco | 0 | Acquires majority stake in Italian company with sales of SEK 45 million |
| Evolution | - | JP Morgan downgrades to underweight (neutral), target price SEK 675 (830) |
| Egetis | - | Completed a directed new share issue of SEK 183 million, discount of 4.9 percent |
