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 1.04%.
The best performers of the session on the were Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:), which rose 4.77% or 3.50 points to trade at 77.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Tele2 AB (ST:) added 2.06% or 2.25 points to end at 111.50 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:) 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:), which fell 0.39% or 0.90 points to trade at 232.80 at the close. ABB Ltd (ST:) declined 0.37% or 2.20 points to end at 593.20 and H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:) 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.
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