Sweden Stock Market Update

Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Basic Materials, and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.99%.

Best Performers

1. Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA): +2.45% or 11.00 points to 459.70
2. AB SKF B (ST:SKFb): +2.26% or 4.30 points to 194.50
3. Sandvik AB (ST:SAND): +1.91% or 4.10 points to 218.20

Worst Performers

1. Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA): -0.38% or 0.12 points to 31.39
2. H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb): -0.22% or 0.40 points to 161.40
3. Sinch AB (ST:SINCH): -0.17% or 0.05 points to 29.19

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 412 to 348, and 88 ended unchanged.

Commodity Prices

• Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.91% or 1.42 to $75.94 a barrel.
• Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.43% or 1.11 to $78.69 a barrel.
• December Gold Futures rose 0.63% or 15.90 to $2,553.70 a troy ounce.

Currency Exchange

• EUR/SEK was up 0.10% to 11.33.
• USD/SEK rose 0.42% to 10.23.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 101.26.