Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 1.29% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb), which rose 4.00% or 47.5 points to trade at 1235.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) added 3.82% or 0.29 points to end at 7.88 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was up 3.64% or 11.10 points to 315.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa), which fell 0.92% or 1.8 points to trade at 189.2 at the close. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) declined 0.79% or 0.53 points to end at 66.67 and Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) was down 0.57% or 0.65 points to 113.35.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 350 to 285 and 46 ended unchanged.
Shares in Boliden AB (ST:BOL) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 3.64% or 11.10 to 315.90.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.45% or 0.30 to $67.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $73.14 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.30 to trade at $1307.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.27% to 10.6496, while USD/SEK rose 0.51% to 8.8992.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 92.44.