Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.52% to hit a new 3-years high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Atlas Copco AB Class A (ST:ATCOa), which rose 5.01% or 14.3 points to trade at 300.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Atlas Copco AB Series B (ST:ATCOb) added 4.47% or 11.8 points to end at 276.0 and SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) was up 3.89% or 1.39 points to 37.16 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb), which fell 3.64% or 29.0 points to trade at 768.6 at the close. AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) declined 2.77% or 5.0 points to end at 174.1 and ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) was down 2.04% or 4.3 points to 206.8.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 350 to 294 and 55 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.77% or 0.51 to $65.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $74.56 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.15 to trade at $1279.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.88% to 10.6132, while USD/SEK rose 1.06% to 9.5335.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 97.903.