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Stockholm's stock exchange experienced a significant impact on Thursday morning, with shipping stocks performing well despite the overall calm market. The main index rose by 0.12 percent at 9:20, and most of the traded shares were shipping companies. The only exception was KCC, which experienced a decline after a drop.

Oil prices fluctuated around the same levels as the previous day, starting lower on Thursday morning due to a slight decrease earlier in the day. Brent spot price was at $94.5 per barrel, down 0.7 percent for the day.

The trading news for Klaveness Combination Carriers (KCC) came after its main shareholder sold a significant portion of the company. Torvald Klaveness ship management company has sold over 6.5 million shares, or 11 percent of the company. This reduces their stake in KCC from approximately 54.7 percent to around 43.7 percent. The shares were sold at a price of 94.7 kroner per share, totaling around 619 million kroner. The selling price was significantly lower than the previous trading day's price of 105.2 kroner per share.

Torvald Klaveness stated in their notice that they still intend to be the main shareholder in KCC in the long term. They explained that the large sale was driven by the desire to increase their ownership of KCC shares and a rebalancing of their own portfolio.