September market view
Continued stock market consolidation
Market Outlook: Cooler US job market
September, which is often a sluggish month for stock markets, began last Friday with a 0.2% one-day upturn for America’s broad S&P 500 equity index. The week as a whole (August 25-September 1) showed stock market gains of 2.5% for the S&P 500 and 3.2% for the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite. Stocks also rose in Sweden last week, with the OMXS30 large cap index up 1.8%, while the Stoxx Europe 600 rose by 1.5%.