Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 1.08% 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 2.72% or 12.7 points to trade at 479.6 at the close. Boliden AB (ST:BOL) added 2.57% or 6.40 points to end at 255.40 and Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) was up 2.55% or 4.60 points to 185.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which lost 9.97% or 7.50 points to trade at 67.75 in late trade. Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) declined 1.65% or 3.4 points to end at 203.0 and Nokia Oyj (ST:NOKIA) shed 0.90% or 0.38 points to 41.64.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 283 to 264 and 56 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.33% or 0.66 to $50.43 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.11% or 0.59 to hit $53.59 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.39% or 4.65 to trade at $1172.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.60% to 9.6975, while USD/SEK rose 0.63% to 9.1280.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.83% at 101.11.