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 added 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the were Boliden AB (ST:), which rose 2.15% or 7.40 points to trade at 351.40 at the close. Meanwhile, SAAB AB ser. B (ST:) added 1.66% or 4.20 points to end at 257.70 and Swedbank AB ser A (ST:) was up 1.57% or 3.40 points to 220.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:), which fell 1.21% or 0.80 points to trade at 65.22 at the close. Atlas Copco AB Class A (ST:) declined 1.01% or 2.00 points to end at 195.80 and Atlas Copco AB Series B (ST:) was down 0.99% or 1.70 points to 169.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 394 to 369 and 84 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.01% or 0.01 to $83.87 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.13% or 0.11 to hit $87.45 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 3.35 to trade at $2,366.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.40% to 11.35, while USD/SEK rose 0.16% to 10.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 104.81.
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