Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Consumer Goods and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were ABB Ltd (ST:ABB), which rose 1.89% or 3.8 points to trade at 204.4 at the close. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) added 1.55% or 0.54 points to end at 35.44 and Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) was up 1.19% or 3.0 points to 256.1 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE), which lost 4.78% or 8.40 points to trade at 167.30 in late trade. Atlas Copco AB ser. A (ST:ATCOa) declined 0.73% or 2.3 points to end at 312.4 and Getinge AB ser. B (BS:GETIBs) shed 0.63% or 1.0 points to 157.9.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 341 to 339 and 86 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.04% or 0.02 to $50.87 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.30% or 0.16 to hit $53.09 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 4.40 to trade at $1279.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.26% to 9.6350, while USD/SEK fell 0.10% to 8.9629.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 99.54.