Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Industrials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.77% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were ABB Ltd (ST:ABB), which rose 5.39% or 9.9 points to trade at 194.6 at the close. Meanwhile, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) added 4.79% or 4.30 points to end at 94.00 and SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) was up 2.64% or 0.96 points to 37.28 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa), which fell 2.73% or 2.90 points to trade at 103.15 at the close. AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) declined 1.80% or 13.3 points to end at 723.7 and Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) was down 1.58% or 1.9 points to 115.3.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 328 to 304 and 58 ended unchanged.
Shares in Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 4.79% or 4.30 to 94.00.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.50% or 0.32 to $63.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.20% or 0.14 to hit $71.58 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 0.55 to trade at $1276.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.04% to 10.4466, while USD/SEK fell 0.10% to 9.2481.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 96.678.