Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumer Services and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb), which rose 2.92% or 5.20 points to trade at 183.20 at the close. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) added 2.31% or 0.59 points to end at 26.16 and Atlas Copco AB ser. B (ST:ATCOb) was up 2.03% or 4.4 points to 220.7 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA), which lost 0.32% or 1.0 points to trade at 307.7 in late trade. AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) declined 0.18% or 1.0 points to end at 561.0 and Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA ser. B (ST:SCAb) gained 0.08% or 0.2 points to 252.3.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 407 to 186 and 52 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 2.69% or 1.26 to $48.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.66% or 0.83 to hit $50.68 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.52% or 6.95 to trade at $1355.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.37% to 9.4748, while USD/SEK fell 0.75% to 8.3613.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.42% at 94.29.