Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.63% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb), which rose 2.92% or 2.51 points to trade at 88.61 at the close. Svenska Handelsbanken ser. A (ST:SHBa) added 2.83% or 2.8 points to end at 101.9 and Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) was up 2.37% or 2.35 points to 101.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIBs), which lost 2.69% or 4.8 points to trade at 173.6 in late trade. Hennes & Mauritz AB, H & M ser. B (ST:HMb) declined 0.73% or 1.9 points to end at 258.1 and Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA ser. B (ST:SCAb) shed 0.69% or 1.9 points to 272.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 347 to 220 and 67 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.70% or 0.76 to $45.51 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.95% or 0.90 to hit $47.16 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.05% or 14.10 to trade at $1329.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.00% to 9.4225, while USD/SEK fell 0.18% to 8.4815.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.21% at 96.16.