Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Industrials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.69% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA), which rose 2.13% or 2.20 points to trade at 105.70 at the close. Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) added 1.84% or 2.75 points to end at 152.35 and Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) was up 1.79% or 2.1 points to 119.1 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which lost 2.80% or 0.66 points to trade at 22.89 in late trade. Boliden AB (ST:BOL) declined 1.69% or 4.70 points to end at 273.00 and Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) shed 1.39% or 1.30 points to 92.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 379 to 342 and 83 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.06% or 0.03 to $50.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.07% or 0.04 to hit $56.33 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.40% or 18.44 to trade at $1297.96 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.08% to 9.5244, while USD/SEK fell 0.54% to 7.9737.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 91.95.