Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 1.00%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE), which rose 2.43% or 4.60 points to trade at 193.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) added 2.14% or 1.17 points to end at 55.92 and Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) was up 1.87% or 4.40 points to 239.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 1.34% or 0.22 points to trade at 16.23 at the close. Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) declined 0.58% or 0.94 points to end at 160.06 and Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) was down 0.10% or 0.10 points to 103.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 337 to 271 and 71 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.34% or 0.22 to 16.23.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.29% or 0.17 to $58.26 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.20% or 0.13 to hit $64.69 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 1.20 to trade at $1270.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.06% to 9.9716, while USD/SEK fell 0.04% to 8.4010.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 92.89.