The OMXS climbed 1.5 percent to finish at 325.7 at close of trading, mirroring developments on other European exchanges, which were largely unaffected by Ben Bernanke’s prophesies of a downturn in the US economy.
Volvo in particular had a very good day, finishing up 4.6 percent at 96.25 kronor on the back of a strong buy recommendation.
The banking sector also performed well. SEB was up 3.4 percent, Nordea up 2.9 percent, Handelsbanken up 2.2 percent and Swedbank up 0.9 percent.