Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Healthcare and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson B (ST:ERICb), which rose 2.93% or 1.68 points to trade at 59.08 at the close. ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) added 1.59% or 2.8 points to end at 179.1 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) was up 1.55% or 8.0 points to 525.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which lost 2.28% or 0.86 points to trade at 36.83 in late trade. Boliden AB (ST:BOL) declined 1.45% or 4.10 points to end at 279.50 and Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb) shed 0.64% or 1.40 points to 217.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 385 to 309 and 61 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.40% or 0.75 to $54.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.18% or 0.66 to hit $56.50 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.37% or 16.95 to trade at $1250.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.40% to 9.5165, while USD/SEK rose 0.16% to 8.9899.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 100.95.