Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 1.48%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb), which rose 10.79% or 8.5 points to trade at 87.7 at the close. Meanwhile, Hexagon AB ser. B (ST:HEXAb) added 4.46% or 18.5 points to end at 433.5 and H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) was up 3.79% or 6.0 points to 165.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which fell 1.17% or 8.6 points to trade at 726.8 at the close. Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) declined 0.53% or 0.55 points to end at 103.80 and Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb) was 0.00% or 0.0 points to 229.7.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 410 to 219 and 47 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb) unchanged to 52-week lows; unchanged 0.00% or 0.0 to 229.7.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 4.12% or 2.20 to $55.63 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 2.86% or 1.79 to hit $64.32 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.38% or 4.70 to trade at $1225.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.51% to 10.2888, while USD/SEK fell 0.61% to 9.0402.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 96.660.