Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Telecoms and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.94%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which rose 3.12% or 4.1 points to trade at 134.1 at the close. Meanwhile, Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) added 2.84% or 2.90 points to end at 104.95 and Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) was up 2.49% or 2.2 points to 92.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb), which fell 3.29% or 4.70 points to trade at 138.35 at the close. Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) declined 1.41% or 5.3 points to end at 370.6 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was down 0.99% or 2.90 points to 290.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 391 to 214 and 54 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.03% or 0.02 to $66.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.39% or 0.28 to hit $71.78 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.35% or 18.40 to trade at $1341.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.83% to 10.3815, while USD/SEK rose 1.24% to 8.4289.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 89.53.