Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrials, Technology and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Atlas Copco AB ser. A (ST:ATCOa), which rose 3.08% or 10.4 points to trade at 348.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Atlas Copco AB ser. B (ST:ATCOb) added 2.36% or 7.3 points to end at 317.0 and Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) was up 1.80% or 2.75 points to 155.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb), which fell 4.02% or 6.3 points to trade at 150.5 at the close. Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) declined 1.54% or 1.9 points to end at 121.8 and Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) was down 1.36% or 2.50 points to 180.70.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 378 to 357 and 79 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.12% or 0.06 to $51.82 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $57.91 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 2.70 to trade at $1283.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.09% to 9.6010, while USD/SEK rose 0.00% to 8.1530.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 93.39.