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Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 1.72%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were ABB Ltd (ST:ABB), which rose 9.56% or 55.00 points to trade at 630.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Evolution AB (ST:EVOG) added 8.12% or 62.40 points to end at 831.20 and Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) was up 7.69% or 10.50 points to 147.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb), which fell 4.51% or 11.70 points to trade at 247.50 at the close. Nordea Bank Abp (ST:NDASE) declined 2.73% or 3.85 points to end at 137.35 and Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) was down 1.93% or 5.20 points to 264.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 436 to 329 and 70 ended unchanged.
Shares in Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.51% or 11.70 to 247.50. Shares in Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) rose to 5-year highs; rising 7.69% or 10.50 to 147.05.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.10% or 0.73 to $67.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.72% or 0.49 to hit $69.01 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.50% or 16.79 to trade at $3,342.31 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.15% to 11.31, while USD/SEK rose 0.46% to 9.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 98.36.