Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 5.67% or 1.14 points to trade at 21.24 at the close. Meanwhile, Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) added 3.00% or 2.45 points to end at 84.00 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was up 2.92% or 4.50 points to 158.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA), which fell 6.05% or 4.75 points to trade at 73.80 at the close. AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) declined 0.65% or 3.1 points to end at 477.2 and ABB Ltd (ST:ABB) was down 0.51% or 0.9 points to 176.4.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 396 to 156 and 64 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.71% or 0.35 to $49.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.72% or 0.36 to hit $50.24 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.30% or 3.80 to trade at $1266.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.51% to 9.2868, while USD/SEK fell 1.15% to 8.1717.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 93.47.