Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the gained 0.68%.
The best performers of the session on the were Getinge AB ser. B (ST:), which rose 4.03% or 8.20 points to trade at 211.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:) added 2.13% or 0.13 points to end at 6.22 and Electrolux AB Class B (ST:) was up 1.84% or 1.80 points to 97.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:), which fell 1.55% or 2.20 points to trade at 136.90 at the close. Boliden AB (ST:) declined 1.32% or 4.10 points to end at 307.20 and Hexagon AB ser. B (ST:) was down 0.39% or 0.40 points to 103.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 432 to 342 and 79 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.86% or 1.34 to $73.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.84% or 1.40 to hit $77.45 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.11% or 28.40 to trade at $2,519.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.24% to 11.38, while USD/SEK rose 0.55% to 10.24.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 101.34.
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