Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb), which rose 4.00% or 11.5 points to trade at 298.9 at the close. Meanwhile, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) added 3.14% or 1.59 points to end at 52.19 and Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) was up 2.56% or 5.3 points to 212.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AB SKF B (ST:SKFb), which fell 2.85% or 5.6 points to trade at 189.2 at the close. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 2.24% or 1.12 points to end at 48.87 and Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb) was down 1.26% or 15.0 points to 1172.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 315 to 286 and 57 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb) rose to all time highs; rising 4.00% or 11.5 to 298.9.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.11% or 0.72 to $65.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.49% or 0.34 to hit $69.23 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 2.90 to trade at $1346.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.33% to 9.8098, while USD/SEK fell 0.35% to 7.8529.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 88.59.