Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Technology and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb), which rose 4.42% or 11.6 points to trade at 274.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb) added 2.14% or 19.0 points to end at 905.0 and Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (BS:KINVBs) was up 1.71% or 4.1 points to 243.3 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 6.36% or 2.10 points to trade at 30.90 at the close. Boliden AB (ST:BOL) declined 2.54% or 6.20 points to end at 237.80 and Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb) was down 2.34% or 3.30 points to 137.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 379 to 337 and 66 ended unchanged.
Shares in Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.42% or 11.6 to 274.0. Shares in Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) fell to 52-week lows; losing 6.36% or 2.10 to 30.90.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 4.16% or 1.99 to $45.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 3.98% or 2.02 to hit $48.77 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.48% or 18.42 to trade at $1230.08 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.46% to 9.6791, while USD/SEK fell 0.34% to 8.8210.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 98.72.