Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 1.55%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Sinch AB (ST:SINCH), which rose 4.39% or 1.00 points to trade at 23.78 at the close. Meanwhile, Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb) added 3.87% or 0.21 points to end at 5.71 and Hexagon AB ser. B (ST:HEXAb) was up 3.47% or 4.10 points to 120.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb), which fell 1.81% or 21.80 points to trade at 1,180.80 at the close. Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) declined 1.60% or 4.50 points to end at 275.90 and Evolution Gaming Group AB (ST:EVOG) was down 0.76% or 8.50 points to 1,105.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 476 to 301 and 74 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.49% or 0.38 to $78.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.50% or 0.41 to hit $82.33 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.07% or 24.90 to trade at $2,351.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.70% to 11.18, while USD/SEK fell 1.65% to 10.30.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.23% at 103.90.