Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Telecoms and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Atlas Copco AB ser. A (ST:ATCOa), which rose 5.59% or 10.8 points to trade at 204.0 at the close. Atlas Copco AB ser. B (ST:ATCOb) added 4.63% or 8.4 points to end at 189.8 and Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) was up 3.38% or 2.65 points to 81.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nokia Oyj (ST:NOKIA), which lost 2.54% or 1.35 points to trade at 51.80 in late trade. Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIBs) declined 2.53% or 4.8 points to end at 185.2 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) shed 2.02% or 10.0 points to 485.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 271 to 255 and 63 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.09% or 0.03 to $34.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.16% or 0.06 to hit $36.87 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 1.26% or 15.70 to trade at $1257.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.03% to 9.3541, while USD/SEK fell 0.78% to 8.5422.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.56% at 97.65.