Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb), which rose 4.03% or 8.20 points to trade at 211.60 at the close. Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb) added 2.13% or 0.13 points to end at 6.22 and Electrolux AB Class B (ST:ELUXb) was up 1.84% or 1.80 points to 97.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb), which lost 1.55% or 2.20 points to trade at 136.90 in late trade. Boliden AB (ST:BOL) declined 1.32% or 4.10 points to end at 307.20 and Hexagon AB ser. B (ST:HEXAb) shed 0.39% or 0.40 points to 103.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 432 to 342 and 79 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.88% or 1.35 to $73.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.87% or 1.42 to hit $77.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.11% or 28.40 to trade at $2,519.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.24% to 11.38, while USD/SEK rose 0.55% to 10.24.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 101.34.