Sweden stocks higher at close of trade; OMX Stockholm 30 up 1.04%

Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas , Healthcare and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 1.04%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb ), which rose 4.77% or 3.50 points to trade at 77.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b ) added 2.06% or 2.25 points to end at 111.50 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN ) was up 2.00% or 29.00 points to 1,475.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were SAAB AB ser. B (ST:SAABb ), which fell 0.39% or 0.90 points to trade at 232.80 at the close. ABB Ltd (ST:ABB ) declined 0.37% or 2.20 points to end at 593.20 and H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb ) was down 0.23% or 0.40 points to 148.80.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 595 to 202 and 59 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.65% or 1.90 to $73.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.36% or 1.76 to hit $76.40 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.23% or 32.46 to trade at $2,673.46 a troy ounce.

EUR/SEK was down 0.12% to 11.44, while USD/SEK rose 0.78% to 11.15.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.77% at 109.14.

Source: Investing.com