Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Financials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 1.11%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb), which rose 2.68% or 6.10 points to trade at 233.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Boliden AB (ST:BOL) added 1.85% or 4.55 points to end at 250.35 and Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) was up 1.71% or 3.5 points to 207.8 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which fell 0.20% or 1.4 points to trade at 703.2 at the close. Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) declined 0.15% or 0.3 points to end at 203.9 and Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb) was up 0.19% or 0.30 points to 159.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 373 to 251 and 60 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.58% or 0.38 to $65.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.61% or 0.43 to hit $71.19 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.60 to trade at $1185.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.21% to 10.4655, while USD/SEK fell 0.14% to 9.1929.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 96.44.