At the end of Q4, the net international investment position was positive by 2,189 b.kr., or 44.2% of GDP. It improved by 98 b.kr., or 2% of GDP, during the quarter. External assets totalled 7,024 b.kr. at the end of the quarter, and external liabilities were 4,835 b.kr. Foreign assets increased by 19 b.kr. and foreign liabilities by 98 b.kr. as a result of the transactions. Price and exchange rate movements during the quarter increased asset values by 297 b.kr. and increased the value of liabilities by 143 b.kr., thereby yielding an improvement of 154 b.kr. in the net external position. The króna depreciated by 3.3% in terms of the trade-weighted index. Prices in foreign securities markets rose by 3% between quarters, and prices in the domestic stock market rose by 9%.