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 1.15%.
The best performers of the session on the were Electrolux AB Class B (ST:), which rose 5.12% or 4.50 points to trade at 93.10 at the close. Meanwhile, AstraZeneca PLC (ST:) added 2.94% or 51.00 points to end at 1,784.50 and Sinch AB (ST:) was up 2.54% or 0.66 points to 26.68 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:), which fell 2.09% or 0.13 points to trade at 6.18 at the close. Tele2 AB (ST:) declined 1.21% or 1.35 points to end at 110.25 and Telia Company AB (ST:) was down 0.77% or 0.24 points to 31.09.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 462 to 294 and 79 ended unchanged.
Shares in AstraZeneca PLC (ST:) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.94% or 51.00 to 1,784.50.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.73% or 1.33 to $78.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.79% or 1.43 to hit $81.19 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.64% or 15.75 to trade at $2,495.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.22% to 11.55, while USD/SEK rose 0.45% to 10.51.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 102.72.
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