Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.95% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Hennes & Mauritz AB, H & M ser. B (ST:HMb), which rose 3.15% or 8.2 points to trade at 268.3 at the close. Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) added 1.66% or 2.60 points to end at 159.20 and ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) was up 1.60% or 2.7 points to 171.2 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which lost 0.56% or 0.45 points to trade at 79.75 in late trade. Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIBs) declined 0.21% or 0.3 points to end at 145.0 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) 0.00% or 0.0 points to 505.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 392 to 220 and 59 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.01% or 0.46 to $46.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.88% or 0.41 to hit $47.04 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.23% or 2.85 to trade at $1226.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.11% to 9.8271, while USD/SEK rose 0.26% to 9.2233.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.28% at 100.66.