Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Materials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb), which rose 3.75% or 5.20 points to trade at 143.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb) added 2.77% or 26.5 points to end at 984.5 and Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) was up 2.15% or 3.06 points to 145.16 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Atlas Copco AB ser. B (ST:ATCOb), which fell 1.25% or 3.6 points to trade at 283.5 at the close. Atlas Copco AB ser. A (ST:ATCOa) declined 1.12% or 3.6 points to end at 318.0 and Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) was down 0.95% or 2.9 points to 303.8.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 413 to 309 and 79 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.61% or 0.78 to $49.10 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.24% or 0.63 to hit $51.39 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.69% or 8.80 to trade at $1263.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.18% to 9.7487, while USD/SEK rose 0.12% to 8.6958.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 97.14.