Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Technology and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.53% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which rose 2.79% or 14.0 points to trade at 515.5 at the close. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson B (ST:ERICb) added 2.34% or 1.18 points to end at 51.58 and Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb) was up 2.29% or 21.0 points to 938.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb), which lost 0.82% or 1.10 points to trade at 133.60 in late trade. Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb) declined 0.69% or 1.50 points to end at 217.30 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) shed 0.63% or 1.60 points to 252.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 350 to 322 and 84 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.11% or 0.58 to $52.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.73% or 0.40 to hit $55.52 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.45% or 5.55 to trade at $1233.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.38% to 9.4891, while USD/SEK rose 0.76% to 8.9024.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 100.61.