Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Technology and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 1.97% or 0.76 points to trade at 39.33 at the close. Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) added 1.59% or 1.1 points to end at 70.3 and AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) was up 1.55% or 2.7 points to 176.7 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA), which lost 0.54% or 0.60 points to trade at 109.70 in late trade. Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) declined 0.51% or 0.90 points to end at 176.40 and Atlas Copco AB ser. A (ST:ATCOa) shed 0.49% or 1.7 points to 344.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 372 to 343 and 97 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.82% or 0.42 to $50.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.70% or 0.40 to hit $56.54 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.48% or 6.18 to trade at $1295.08 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.59% to 9.6028, while USD/SEK rose 0.77% to 8.1113.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 92.97.