Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Consumer Services and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA), which rose 0.79% or 0.80 points to trade at 101.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) added 0.73% or 1.5 points to end at 207.1 and Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) was up 0.70% or 1.16 points to 168.06 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 3.40% or 0.66 points to trade at 18.74 at the close. AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) declined 2.09% or 4.0 points to end at 187.6 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) was down 1.38% or 8.0 points to 573.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 419 to 336 and 81 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.17% or 0.09 to $54.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.17% or 0.10 to hit $60.59 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.25 to trade at $1277.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.21% to 9.7805, while USD/SEK fell 0.18% to 8.3878.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 94.61.