Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.37% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were ABB Ltd (ST:ABB), which rose 4.44% or 8.7 points to trade at 204.5 at the close. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) added 2.07% or 1.12 points to end at 55.30 and AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) was up 1.30% or 2.3 points to 183.1 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb), which lost 2.18% or 2.1 points to trade at 95.1 in late trade. Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) declined 1.29% or 4.9 points to end at 373.8 and Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) shed 0.97% or 2.5 points to 256.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 336 to 283 and 53 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.77% or 0.53 to $69.00 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.29% or 0.95 to hit $74.43 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.47% or 6.30 to trade at $1347.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.25% to 10.3738, while USD/SEK rose 0.02% to 8.4066.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 89.55.