Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA), which rose 5.61% or 12.1 points to trade at 227.7 at the close. Meanwhile, Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) added 3.89% or 6.8 points to end at 180.1 and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa) was up 3.66% or 3.30 points to 93.54 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AB SKF B (ST:SKFb), which fell 3.35% or 4.8 points to trade at 138.3 at the close. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) declined 2.65% or 2.16 points to end at 79.34 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) was down 2.57% or 18.2 points to 689.2.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 400 to 243 and 45 ended unchanged.
Shares in AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.35% or 4.8 to 138.3.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.76% or 0.51 to $67.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.62% or 0.47 to hit $76.64 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.42% or 5.10 to trade at $1232.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.28% to 10.3666, while USD/SEK fell 0.12% to 9.1150.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 96.38.