Share wealth, the value of listed companies on the Swedish market, increased by SEK 578 billion in the first six months of 2017, and amounted to SEK 7 057 billion at the end of June. According to the Affärsvärlden general index, the Stockholm Stock Exchange rose by 7.8 percent in the same period.

Rest of the world sector owns 40 percent of shares

The rest of the world sector remained the sector with the largest ownership, with holdings of around 40 percent of the shares listed on the Swedish market. In addition to foreign enterprises and private individuals, this sector includes Swedes residing abroad and Swedes residing in Sweden who trade via foreign agents. There was no major change in the sector as a whole in the first six months of 2017. However, some changes occurred within the sector in individual countries. The United States and Finland increased their holdings by 3 percentage points and 1 percentage point respectively, while other countries, such as the United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, and Ireland decreased their share holdings. Next, non-financial corporations, investment funds (included in financial corporations) and households were the largest shareholder sectors, with around 12 percent each.

On the Stockholm Stock Exchange, 41 companies were newly listed, while 28 companies were withdrawn. There were 784 companies listed on the Swedish market at the end of June 2017, which is considerably more than a few years ago. Between 2007 and 2013, the number of listed companies varied between 502 and 534. Most of the new listings were made on the marketplaces First North and NGM Nordic MTF. The number of listed companies on these marketplaces had a net increase of 32 enterprises and 14 enterprises respectively in the first six months of 2017.

A more detailed report of this survey is published in a Statistical Report.