Sweden Stock Market Overview

Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Telecoms, and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.45% to hit a new 1-month high.

Best Performers

• Hexagon AB ser. B (ST:HEXAb): rose 2.57% or 2.70 points to trade at 106.00 at the close.
• Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa): added 2.53% or 3.85 points to end at 156.30.
• Nordea Bank Abp (ST:NDASE): up 1.71% or 2.15 points to 127.60 in late trade.

Worst Performers

• Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb): fell 3.73% or 0.13 points to trade at 3.42 at the close.
• Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb): declined 1.11% or 1.90 points to end at 169.10.
• Atlas Copco AB Class A (ST:ATCOa): down 1.08% or 2.00 points to 178.80.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 454 to 312, and 77 ended unchanged.

Commodities Update

• Crude oil for January delivery: down 0.15% or 0.10 to $68.44 a barrel.
• Brent oil for delivery in February: fell 0.10% or 0.07 to hit $72.24 a barrel.
• February Gold Futures contract: down 0.74% or 19.79 to trade at $2,656.41 a troy ounce.

Currency Exchange Rates

• EUR/SEK: up 0.13% to 11.49.
• USD/SEK: fell 0.47% to 10.87.
• US Dollar Index Futures: down 0.45% at 105.81.