Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 1.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SAAB AB ser. B (ST:SAABb), which rose 4.93% or 11.10 points to trade at 235.40 at the close. Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) added 4.78% or 13.30 points to end at 291.70 and AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) was up 4.75% or 9.80 points to 216.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sinch AB (ST:SINCH), which lost 8.31% or 1.98 points to trade at 21.86 in late trade. NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:NIBEb) declined 2.12% or 1.10 points to end at 49.80 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) shed 1.58% or 22.00 points to 1,372.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 451 to 307 and 87 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.56% or 0.40 to $72.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.65% or 0.49 to hit $75.41 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.05% or 28.00 to trade at $2,704.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.54% to 11.57, while USD/SEK fell 1.14% to 10.72.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.63% at 104.32.