Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Telecoms and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Evolution AB (ST:EVOG), which rose 1.58% or 15.40 points to trade at 992.80 at the close. Nordea Bank Abp (ST:NDASE) added 1.41% or 1.65 points to end at 118.95 and ABB Ltd (ST:ABB) was up 1.07% or 5.80 points to 549.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb), which lost 3.34% or 0.22 points to trade at 6.37 in late trade. Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb) declined 2.59% or 2.10 points to end at 78.70 and SAAB AB ser. B (ST:SAABb) shed 0.55% or 1.30 points to 236.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 401 to 337 and 94 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.81% or 0.61 to $75.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.46% or 0.36 to hit $78.69 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.14% or 27.80 to trade at $2,460.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.34% to 11.49, while USD/SEK rose 0.43% to 10.53.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 103.06.