The net international investment position was positive by 1,793 b.kr., or 40.2% of GDP, and improved by 130 b.kr., or 2.9% of GDP, during the quarter. External assets totalled 6,351 b.kr. at the end of the quarter, and external liabilities were 4,558 b.kr. The position improved by 39 b.kr. during the quarter, owing to financial account transactions, as foreign assets increased by 76 b.kr. and foreign liabilities by 37 b.kr. Price and exchange rate movements during the quarter increased asset values by 103 b.kr. and reduced the value of liabilities by 5 b.kr., thereby yielding an improvement of 109 b.kr. in the net external position. The króna depreciated by 0.4% in terms of the trade-weighted index. Prices in foreign securities markets rose by 6.0% between quarters, and prices in the domestic stock market rose by 8.9%.

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