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 0.77%.
The best performers of the session on the were Sinch AB (ST:), which rose 7.71% or 1.70 points to trade at 23.76 at the close. Meanwhile, Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:) added 6.37% or 0.36 points to end at 6.01 and Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:) was up 2.93% or 2.60 points to 91.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Evolution Gaming Group AB (ST:), which fell 0.32% or 3.50 points to trade at 1,080.50 at the close. Atlas Copco AB Class A (ST:) declined 0.20% or 0.40 points to end at 198.40 and Atlas Copco AB Series B (ST:) was down 0.18% or 0.30 points to 169.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 489 to 289 and 72 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.26% or 0.21 to $80.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.35% or 0.30 to hit $85.37 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.88% or 20.60 to trade at $2,367.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.05% to 11.21, while USD/SEK rose 0.40% to 10.47.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 105.25.
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