Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 1.35% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 4.53% or 1.62 points to trade at 37.35 at the close. Meanwhile, AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) added 2.85% or 4.9 points to end at 176.8 and Atlas Copco AB ser. A (ST:ATCOa) was up 2.84% or 8.4 points to 304.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 2.08% or 1.04 points to trade at 48.86 at the close. Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (BS:KINVBs) declined 0.49% or 1.2 points to end at 243.3 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) was down 0.28% or 1.5 points to 527.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 422 to 264 and 74 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.08% or 1.04 to 48.86. Shares in Atlas Copco AB ser. A (ST:ATCOa) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.84% or 8.4 to 304.0.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.17% or 0.09 to $53.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.11% or 0.06 to hit $56.45 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.67% or 8.40 to trade at $1245.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.17% to 9.5411, while USD/SEK fell 0.07% to 9.0311.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 101.60.