Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.37% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were ABB Ltd (ST:ABB), which rose 4.44% or 8.7 points to trade at 204.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) added 2.07% or 1.12 points to end at 55.30 and AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) was up 1.30% or 2.3 points to 183.1 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb), which fell 2.18% or 2.1 points to trade at 95.1 at the close. Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) declined 1.29% or 4.9 points to end at 373.8 and Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) was down 0.97% or 2.5 points to 256.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 336 to 283 and 53 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.77% or 0.53 to $69.00 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.27% or 0.93 to hit $74.41 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.46% or 6.20 to trade at $1347.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.25% to 10.3740, while USD/SEK rose 0.03% to 8.4070.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 89.55.