Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.81% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb), which rose 3.55% or 6.40 points to trade at 186.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa) added 2.11% or 2.20 points to end at 106.40 and Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA) was up 2.05% or 2.20 points to 109.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb), which fell 3.96% or 11.2 points to trade at 271.3 at the close. Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) declined 3.28% or 0.75 points to end at 22.10 and Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb) was down 1.28% or 13.0 points to 1006.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 390 to 331 and 94 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.28% or 0.75 to 22.10.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.44% or 0.23 to $52.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.64% or 0.37 to hit $57.55 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.97% or 12.63 to trade at $1289.07 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.04% to 9.5780, while USD/SEK rose 0.44% to 8.1544.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 93.20.