Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 3.56% or 0.81 points to trade at 23.55 at the close. Meanwhile, H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) added 2.53% or 5.4 points to end at 219.0 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was up 1.46% or 4.00 points to 277.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb), which fell 2.74% or 1.25 points to trade at 44.41 at the close. Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) declined 0.85% or 0.80 points to end at 93.50 and Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) was down 0.65% or 0.90 points to 137.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 359 to 352 and 90 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.74% or 0.87 to $50.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.87% or 1.03 to hit $56.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.39% or 5.13 to trade at $1315.73 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.03% to 9.5357, while USD/SEK fell 0.06% to 7.9474.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 91.53.