Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Goods and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.20%.
The best performers 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. Meanwhile, 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.
The worst performers of the session were Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVBs), which fell 3.26% or 8.1 points to trade at 240.0 at the close. 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) was down 1.33% or 3.9 points to 290.1.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 334 to 216 and 62 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.57% or 0.26 to $45.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.68% or 0.32 to hit $47.25 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.40% or 17.45 to trade at $1267.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.08% to 9.1577, while USD/SEK fell 0.11% to 8.0847.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.47% at 93.94.