Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Industrials and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 1.60% or 0.74 points to trade at 46.90 at the close. Meanwhile, AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) added 0.95% or 5.0 points to end at 530.5 and SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) was up 0.81% or 0.29 points to 35.99 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE), which fell 0.66% or 1.20 points to trade at 182.00 at the close. AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) declined 0.62% or 1.1 points to end at 177.0 and Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA) was down 0.60% or 0.22 points to 36.22.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 382 to 298 and 78 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 2.84% or 1.51 to $51.63 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 2.65% or 1.48 to hit $54.44 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.55% or 6.65 to trade at $1209.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.22% to 9.5436, while USD/SEK rose 0.40% to 9.0488.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 102.10.