Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 2.16%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 11.89% or 2.31 points to trade at 21.73 at the close. Meanwhile, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken A (ST:SEBa) added 9.05% or 7.15 points to end at 86.15 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was up 9.02% or 10.70 points to 129.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which fell 6.85% or 37.5 points to trade at 510.0 at the close. Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) declined 3.60% or 16.00 points to end at 428.50 and Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) was down 2.05% or 6.2 points to 295.9.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 316 to 217 and 48 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.05% or 0.34 to $31.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.57% or 0.55 to hit $34.49 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 1.13% or 12.90 to trade at $1154.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.47% to 9.4065, while USD/SEK fell 0.30% to 8.4032.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.66% at 96.61.