Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 1.00%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which rose 4.24% or 26.2 points to trade at 643.7 at the close. Meanwhile, Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb) added 2.13% or 19.4 points to end at 928.6 and Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) was up 2.06% or 4.0 points to 195.6 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa), which fell 0.10% or 0.2 points to trade at 193.8 at the close. Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) added 0.06% or 0.06 points to end at 99.06 and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa) was up 0.12% or 0.10 points to 84.84.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 370 to 244 and 61 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.25% or 0.88 to $69.50 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $73.38 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 3.40 to trade at $1247.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.43% to 10.3438, while USD/SEK rose 0.29% to 8.8482.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 94.44.