Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Financials and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Atlas Copco AB ser. A (ST:ATCOa), which rose 2.14% or 5.3 points to trade at 252.8 at the close. Meanwhile, Atlas Copco AB ser. B (ST:ATCOb) added 1.97% or 4.4 points to end at 227.6 and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken A (ST:SEBa) was up 1.72% or 1.45 points to 85.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hennes & Mauritz AB, H & M ser. B (ST:HMb), which fell 4.28% or 11.1 points to trade at 248.1 at the close. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 1.66% or 0.41 points to end at 24.22 and ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) was down 0.40% or 0.7 points to 172.2.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 333 to 247 and 67 ended unchanged.
Shares in Atlas Copco AB ser. A (ST:ATCOa) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.14% or 5.3 to 252.8. Shares in Atlas Copco AB ser. B (ST:ATCOb) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.97% or 4.4 to 227.6.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.28% or 0.56 to $44.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 2.07% or 0.95 to hit $46.80 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.26% or 3.45 to trade at $1322.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.11% to 9.5352, while USD/SEK fell 0.08% to 8.4797.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 95.31.