Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA), which rose 2.19% or 10.20 points to trade at 476.50 at the close. SAAB AB ser. B (ST:SAABb) added 1.99% or 4.90 points to end at 248.00 and Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) was up 1.89% or 5.00 points to 269.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb), which lost 2.54% or 0.10 points to trade at 3.93 in late trade. Electrolux AB Class B (ST:ELUXb) declined 1.62% or 1.30 points to end at 80.00 and NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:NIBEb) shed 1.47% or 0.70 points to 44.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 403 to 352 and 92 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.29% or 0.89 to $69.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.21% or 0.88 to hit $73.69 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.54% or 14.30 to trade at $2,666.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.11% to 11.60, while USD/SEK rose 0.55% to 11.08.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 107.03.