Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 1.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE), which rose 2.43% or 4.60 points to trade at 193.90 at the close. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) added 2.14% or 1.17 points to end at 55.92 and Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) was up 1.87% or 4.40 points to 239.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which lost 1.34% or 0.22 points to trade at 16.23 in late trade. Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) declined 0.58% or 0.94 points to end at 160.06 and Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) shed 0.10% or 0.10 points to 103.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 337 to 271 and 71 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.29% or 0.17 to $58.26 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.20% or 0.13 to hit $64.69 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 1.20 to trade at $1270.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.06% to 9.9716, while USD/SEK fell 0.04% to 8.4010.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 92.89.