Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which rose 3.98% or 9.25 points to trade at 241.95 at the close. Meanwhile, SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) added 3.64% or 1.55 points to end at 44.18 and Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb) was up 2.66% or 7.1 points to 274.1 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA), which fell 2.47% or 11.6 points to trade at 457.2 at the close. Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) declined 0.86% or 2.00 points to end at 230.90 and Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) was down 0.84% or 0.95 points to 112.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 320 to 312 and 51 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.06% or 0.74 to $70.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.18% or 0.14 to hit $79.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.50% or 6.00 to trade at $1208.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.28% to 10.3648, while USD/SEK fell 0.48% to 8.8671.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 94.05.