Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.07% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Atlas Copco AB ser. B (ST:ATCOb), which rose 2.35% or 7.2 points to trade at 314.1 at the close. Meanwhile, Atlas Copco AB ser. A (ST:ATCOa) added 1.91% or 6.4 points to end at 342.0 and Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb) was up 1.83% or 4.7 points to 262.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which fell 5.08% or 11.3 points to trade at 211.1 at the close. Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) declined 1.07% or 1.6 points to end at 147.9 and Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA) was down 0.96% or 0.37 points to 38.12.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 384 to 335 and 84 ended unchanged.
Shares in Atlas Copco AB ser. B (ST:ATCOb) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.35% or 7.2 to 314.1. Shares in Atlas Copco AB ser. A (ST:ATCOa) rose to all time highs; rising 1.91% or 6.4 to 342.0.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.13% or 0.59 to $51.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.94% or 0.54 to hit $57.03 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $1287.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.22% to 9.5920, while USD/SEK fell 0.03% to 8.1451.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 93.08.