Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were AB SKF B (ST:SKFb), which rose 2.45% or 4.5 points to trade at 185.8 at the close. Meanwhile, Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) added 2.37% or 5.50 points to end at 237.60 and Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) was up 2.01% or 2.90 points to 147.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 3.05% or 0.51 points to trade at 16.09 at the close. Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) declined 1.33% or 1.5 points to end at 111.2 and Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) was down 1.04% or 2.7 points to 257.5.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 388 to 218 and 53 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.79% or 1.08 to $61.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.56% or 1.04 to hit $67.61 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 2.10 to trade at $1318.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.19% to 9.8314, while USD/SEK rose 0.05% to 8.1718.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 91.78.