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 added 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which rose 3.71% or 9.30 points to trade at 259.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) added 1.84% or 2.30 points to end at 127.20 and AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) was up 1.59% or 2.5 points to 159.4 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 4.07% or 1.51 points to trade at 35.63 at the close. Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) declined 0.59% or 1.30 points to end at 220.70 and Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) was down 0.55% or 0.8 points to 143.7.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 398 to 310 and 88 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.67% or 0.32 to $47.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.26% or 0.13 to hit $50.67 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 0.89 to trade at $1278.81 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.31% to 9.5038, while USD/SEK rose 0.60% to 8.1219.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 93.93.