Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.74% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb), which rose 3.14% or 3.5 points to trade at 113.2 at the close. Meanwhile, Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb) added 2.25% or 3.50 points to end at 158.85 and Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) was up 1.99% or 5.20 points to 267.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA), which fell 1.55% or 7.0 points to trade at 446.0 at the close. Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) declined 0.44% or 0.7 points to end at 147.0 and ABB Ltd (ST:ABB) was down 0.39% or 0.7 points to 179.7.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 356 to 266 and 66 ended unchanged.
Shares in Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.14% or 3.5 to 113.2.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.78% or 0.50 to $64.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.44% or 1.02 to hit $71.63 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 3.95 to trade at $1312.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.18% to 10.4451, while USD/SEK rose 0.09% to 9.2662.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 96.530.