Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 1.78% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb), which rose 3.21% or 2.6 points to trade at 84.3 at the close. Meanwhile, Boliden AB (ST:BOL) added 3.05% or 8.40 points to end at 283.70 and Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb) was up 3.04% or 21.8 points to 739.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which fell 1.31% or 10.1 points to trade at 762.4 at the close. Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) declined 0.37% or 1.7 points to end at 460.8 and Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) was up 0.45% or 1.1 points to 243.3.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 414 to 218 and 65 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.16% or 0.10 to $62.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.17% or 0.12 to hit $69.25 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.15 to trade at $1294.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.32% to 10.4151, while USD/SEK fell 0.67% to 9.2644.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 96.618.