The Stockholm Stock Exchange started Thursday's trading in an irregular trend. The Swedish fourth quarter reporting season started in earnest with several heavyweights.

After 25 minutes of trading, the OMXS30 index was down 0.06 percent to 2,646.41. During the day, the index has moved within the range -0.14 percent at its lowest and 0.32 percent at its highest.

The broad OMXSPI was up 0.14 percent.

Swedbank was the first of the major banks to report and the numbers were stronger than expected across the board. The board of directors raised the dividend policy and increased the dividend by 43 percent to SEK 21.70 per share, which was significantly higher than expected. Private equity firm EQT is also a report winner. Here the dividend is increased by just over 19 percent to SEK 4.30 per share.

The hygiene and health company Essity's report thus showed a worse adjusted ebita result than expected. The dividend is proposed to be increased by 6.5% to SEK 8.25 per share. CEO Magnus Groth announced his intention to step down after ten years as CEO.


Share priceChange in share priceCommentary
EQT 6,4%Rising adjusted earnings and adjusted ebitda, dividend increased by 19 percent
Swedbank 5,1%Better-than-expected report across the board, dividend increased by 43 percent
Sandvik 3,6%Order intake came in higher than expected, dividend increased by 4.5 percent
Invisio-0,8%SEB lowers to hold (buy), target price SEK 345 (310)
Linc-0,8%Net asset value of SEK 83.40 per share at year-end
Paradox-2,1%Carnegie lowers to hold (buy), reiterates target price of SEK 225
Evolution-2,6%Deutsche Bank cuts to sell (hold), target price SEK 798 (1,071)
Investor-2,8%Adjusted net asset value of SEK 317 per share, dividend increased by 8.3
Creades-3,4%Net asset value of SEK 75 per share at year-end, unchanged dividend
Essity-5,9%Adjusted ebita earnings worse than expected, CEO Magnus Groth resigns