Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.53% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which rose 1.85% or 12.9 points to trade at 711.2 at the close. Boliden AB (ST:BOL) added 1.83% or 4.70 points to end at 261.55 and Atlas Copco AB Class A (ST:ATCOa) was up 1.57% or 3.9 points to 249.7 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hexagon AB ser. B (ST:HEXAb), which lost 1.37% or 7.4 points to trade at 534.6 in late trade. Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) declined 0.86% or 1.8 points to end at 207.9 and Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) shed 0.69% or 0.80 points to 115.95.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 319 to 301 and 66 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.09% or 0.06 to $67.00 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $72.24 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1221.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.03% to 10.3871, while USD/SEK rose 0.39% to 8.9842.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 95.24.