Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Technology and Financials 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 Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA), which rose 2.53% or 6.0 points to trade at 243.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb) added 2.13% or 2.40 points to end at 115.30 and Atlas Copco AB ser. B (ST:ATCOb) was up 1.55% or 3.1 points to 203.2 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which fell 1.36% or 7.5 points to trade at 544.5 at the close. Hennes & Mauritz AB, H & M ser. B (ST:HMb) declined 0.38% or 1.2 points to end at 315.7 and Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) was down 0.30% or 0.30 points to 100.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 226 to 206 and 5 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 2.37% or 1.24 to $51.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.05% or 0.59 to hit $56.26 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.75% or 8.60 to trade at $1161.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.04% to 9.3764, while USD/SEK fell 0.56% to 8.4636.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.56% at 96.34.