Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Industrials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 1.21%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Atlas Copco AB ser. B (ST:ATCOb), which rose 3.66% or 7.4 points to trade at 209.6 at the close. Meanwhile, Atlas Copco AB ser. A (ST:ATCOa) added 3.43% or 7.7 points to end at 231.9 and Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) was up 3.20% or 2.85 points to 91.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb), which fell 1.38% or 1.60 points to trade at 114.10 at the close. AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) declined 1.22% or 7.0 points to end at 566.5 and ABB Ltd (ST:ABB) was down 0.75% or 1.3 points to 171.1.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 299 to 128 and 8 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 2.45% or 1.06 to $42.24 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.49% or 0.75 to hit $49.43 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.72% or 8.10 to trade at $1115.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 1.37% to 9.4578, while USD/SEK fell 1.15% to 8.4893.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 96.47.