Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Industrials and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 1.63%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb), which rose 8.17% or 0.50 points to trade at 6.59 at the close. Meanwhile, Sinch AB (ST:SINCH) added 5.59% or 1.40 points to end at 26.45 and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa) was up 2.72% or 3.95 points to 149.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which fell 0.83% or 2.50 points to trade at 297.00 at the close. NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:NIBEb) unchanged 0.05% or 0.00 points to end at 43.50 and Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) was up 0.29% or 0.40 points to 136.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 604 to 177 and 65 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 3.25% or 2.38 to $75.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 2.82% or 2.16 to hit $78.64 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 3.50 to trade at $2,435.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.67% to 11.42, while USD/SEK fell 0.61% to 10.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 103.00.