Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Healthcare and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson B (ST:ERICb), which rose 2.93% or 1.68 points to trade at 59.08 at the close. Meanwhile, ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) added 1.59% or 2.8 points to end at 179.1 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) was up 1.55% or 8.0 points to 525.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which fell 2.28% or 0.86 points to trade at 36.83 at the close. Boliden AB (ST:BOL) declined 1.45% or 4.10 points to end at 279.50 and Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb) was down 0.64% or 1.40 points to 217.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 385 to 309 and 61 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.38% or 0.74 to $54.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.15% or 0.64 to hit $56.48 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.37% or 16.95 to trade at $1250.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.41% to 9.5166, while USD/SEK rose 0.17% to 8.9901.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 100.95.