Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which rose 2.96% or 4.0 points to trade at 139.0 at the close. Meanwhile, ABB Ltd (ST:ABB) added 2.05% or 4.1 points to end at 201.7 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was up 1.94% or 5.50 points to 288.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 2.82% or 0.28 points to trade at 9.70 at the close. AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) declined 2.37% or 13.0 points to end at 534.8 and Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) was down 0.88% or 0.84 points to 94.42.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 370 to 250 and 36 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.02% or 0.01 to $60.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.75% or 0.48 to hit $63.88 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.27% or 3.70 to trade at $1354.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.31% to 9.9339, while USD/SEK rose 0.03% to 7.9577.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 88.67.