Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 1.09%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which rose 11.11% or 16.5 points to trade at 165.0 at the close. Meanwhile, AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) added 1.47% or 10.1 points to end at 698.3 and Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) was up 1.42% or 2.25 points to 160.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb), which fell 0.89% or 0.9 points to trade at 100.6 at the close. Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb) declined 0.61% or 4.8 points to end at 778.8 and Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) was down 0.27% or 0.30 points to 110.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 345 to 283 and 57 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.80% or 0.57 to $72.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.67% or 0.54 to hit $81.33 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.95% or 11.40 to trade at $1187.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.44% to 10.2979, while USD/SEK rose 0.12% to 8.8215.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.56% at 94.41.