Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which rose 2.15% or 7.40 points to trade at 351.40 at the close. Meanwhile, SAAB AB ser. B (ST:SAABb) added 1.66% or 4.20 points to end at 257.70 and Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) was up 1.57% or 3.40 points to 220.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb), which fell 1.21% or 0.80 points to trade at 65.22 at the close. Atlas Copco AB Class A (ST:ATCOa) declined 1.01% or 2.00 points to end at 195.80 and Atlas Copco AB Series B (ST:ATCOb) was down 0.99% or 1.70 points to 169.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 394 to 369 and 84 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.01% or 0.01 to $83.87 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.13% or 0.11 to hit $87.45 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 3.35 to trade at $2,366.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.40% to 11.35, while USD/SEK rose 0.16% to 10.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 104.81.