Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Industrials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which rose 3.39% or 5.5 points to trade at 168.2 at the close. Meanwhile, Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) added 2.84% or 4.43 points to end at 160.68 and Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) was up 2.47% or 5.50 points to 228.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa), which fell 5.76% or 12.6 points to trade at 206.0 at the close. Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa) declined 3.31% or 3.28 points to end at 95.72 and Nordea Bank Abp (ST:NDASE) was down 2.92% or 2.78 points to 92.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 370 to 256 and 62 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.39% or 0.29 to $75.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.64% or 0.54 to hit $85.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.27% or 3.30 to trade at $1203.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.07% to 10.4084, while USD/SEK rose 0.26% to 9.0306.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 95.33.