The new stock market month of December is upon us.

Over the past 10 years, the OMXS30 index has on average risen by just 0.04% in December. The last five years show an increase of 2.5 percent on average.

The best performance over the ten-year period was in 2020 when the index rose 7.9 percent, while the low point is from 2018 when the index fell 7 percent.

The indexMonthAverage price change, 5 years,%Average price change, 10 years,%
OMXS30 December 2,53 0,04
Source: Factset

OMXS30 index monthly change, last ten years:

OMXS30 Price change, percent
December 2014 0,22
December 2015 -5,81
December 2016 2,43
December 2017 -2,06
December 2018 -6,99
December 2019 2,40
December 2020 -2,23
December 2021 7,94
December 2022 -2,81
December 2023 7,33