Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Goods and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb), which rose 9.35% or 19.9 points to trade at 232.7 at the close. SKF, AB ser. B (ST:SKFb) added 4.90% or 7.1 points to end at 152.0 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was up 2.80% or 3.90 points to 143.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVBs), which lost 3.26% or 8.1 points to trade at 240.0 in late trade. Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) declined 2.37% or 11.90 points to end at 491.10 and Hennes & Mauritz AB, H & M ser. B (ST:HMb) shed 1.33% or 3.9 points to 290.1.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 334 to 216 and 62 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.57% or 0.26 to $45.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.70% or 0.33 to hit $47.26 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.41% or 17.65 to trade at $1268.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.07% to 9.1578, while USD/SEK fell 0.11% to 8.0847.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.48% at 93.93.