Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.34% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA), which rose 2.09% or 8.1 points to trade at 394.8 at the close. Meanwhile, Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) added 1.89% or 2.10 points to end at 113.15 and Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) was up 1.71% or 3.80 points to 226.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb), which fell 1.48% or 10.4 points to trade at 693.0 at the close. ABB Ltd (ST:ABB) declined 0.78% or 1.4 points to end at 170.7 and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa) was down 0.35% or 0.32 points to 90.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 321 to 284 and 73 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.17% or 0.61 to $51.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.67% or 0.41 to hit $60.91 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 2.55 to trade at $1291.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.20% to 10.2759, while USD/SEK rose 0.27% to 9.0227.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 95.760.