Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 1.04% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which rose 5.53% or 7.7 points to trade at 146.6 at the close. Meanwhile, Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) added 1.38% or 3.20 points to end at 235.80 and Investor AB ser. B (ST:INVEb) was up 1.35% or 5.1 points to 381.8 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 1.15% or 0.07 points to trade at 6.20 at the close. Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) declined 0.39% or 0.4 points to end at 101.5 and Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) was up 0.07% or 0.3 points to 417.7.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 303 to 265 and 72 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.25% or 0.18 to $71.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.17% or 0.93 to hit $80.21 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 2.40 to trade at $1289.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.35% to 10.3145, while USD/SEK rose 0.41% to 8.7413.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 93.36.