Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Financials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Sandvik AB (ST:SAND), which rose 2.46% or 3.70 points to trade at 153.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Atlas Copco AB ser. B (ST:ATCOb) added 1.94% or 6.2 points to end at 325.3 and Atlas Copco AB ser. A (ST:ATCOa) was up 1.71% or 6.1 points to 363.7 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which fell 3.32% or 4.5 points to trade at 131.8 at the close. Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) declined 0.98% or 0.98 points to end at 98.70 and Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb) was down 0.97% or 12.0 points to 1225.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 319 to 295 and 51 ended unchanged.
Shares in H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) fell to 5-year lows; losing 3.32% or 4.5 to 131.8.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.51% or 0.31 to $61.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.42% or 0.27 to hit $65.16 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.67% or 8.90 to trade at $1316.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.59% to 10.0610, while USD/SEK fell 0.21% to 8.1679.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 90.06.