Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Technology and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 1.95%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which rose 5.55% or 7.50 points to trade at 142.60 at the close. Meanwhile, ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) added 4.22% or 6.6 points to end at 163.1 and Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVBs) was up 3.51% or 8.4 points to 247.7 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sandvik AB (ST:SAND), which fell 1.01% or 0.80 points to trade at 78.70 at the close. Atlas Copco AB ser. A (ST:ATCOa) added 0.29% or 0.6 points to end at 210.5 and ABB Ltd (ST:ABB) was up 0.63% or 1.0 points to 159.4.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 348 to 97 and 4 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.10% or 0.97 to $47.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.38% or 0.69 to hit $51.20 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.91% or 10.30 to trade at $1123.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 1.17% to 9.3575, while USD/SEK fell 0.09% to 8.4261.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.66% at 96.52.