Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Stockholm Oil & Gas, Stockholm Industrials and Stockholm Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA), which rose 2.19% or 10.20 points to trade at 476.50 at the close. SAAB AB ser. B (ST:SAABb) added 1.99% or 4.90 points to end at 248.00 and Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) was up 1.89% or 5.00 points to 269.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb), which fell 2.54% or 0.10 points to trade at 3.93 in late trade. Electrolux AB Class B (ST:ELUXb) declined 1.62% or 1.30 points to end at 80.00 and NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:NIBEb) down 1.47% or 0.70 points to 44.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 403 to 352 and 92 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
Shares in Electrolux AB Class B (ST:ELUXb) fell to 5-year lows; falling 1.62% or 1.30 to 80.00.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.29% or 0.89 to $69.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.19% or 0.87 to hit $73.68 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.54% or 14.35 to trade at $2,666.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.11% to 11.60, while USD/SEK rose 0.55% to 11.08.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 107.03.