Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the trade and sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the rate increased by 0.45%, reaching a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session were Hexagon AB ser. B (ST: ), which rose 2.57% or 2.70 points to trade at 106.00. Meanwhile, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST: ) added 2.53% or 3.85 points to 156.30 and Nordea Bank Abp (ST: ) was up 1.71% or 2.15 points to 127. 60 at the end of the auction.
The worst performers of the session were Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST: ), which fell 3.73% or 0.13 points to trade at 3.42 at the close. Getinge AB Ser. B ( ST: ) declined 1.11% or 1.90 points to 169.10 while Atlas Copco AB Class A ( ST: ) declined 1.08% or 2.00 points to 178 ,80.
On the Stockholm Stock Exchange, decliners outnumbered gainers (454 to 312), while 77 stocks were unchanged.
Crude oil for delivery in January was down 0.15%, or 0.10, at $68.44 a barrel. In commodities trading, Brent crude for February delivery was down 0.10%, or 0.07, at $72.24 a barrel, while February gold futures fell 0.74%, or 19.79. , to $2,656.41 per troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.13% at 11.49, while USD/SEK was down 0.47% at 10.87.
US dollar index futures fell 0.45% to 105.81.
