Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Telecoms and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.94%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which rose 3.12% or 4.1 points to trade at 134.1 at the close. Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) added 2.84% or 2.90 points to end at 104.95 and Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) was up 2.49% or 2.2 points to 92.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb), which lost 3.29% or 4.70 points to trade at 138.35 in late trade. Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) declined 1.41% or 5.3 points to end at 370.6 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) shed 0.99% or 2.90 points to 290.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 391 to 214 and 54 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.03% or 0.02 to $66.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.39% or 0.28 to hit $71.78 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.35% or 18.40 to trade at $1341.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.83% to 10.3815, while USD/SEK rose 1.24% to 8.4289.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 89.53.