Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Technology and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 1.97%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which rose 4.38% or 8.57 points to trade at 204.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Atlas Copco AB Class A (ST:ATCOa) added 4.13% or 8.8 points to end at 221.8 and ABB Ltd (ST:ABB) was up 4.08% or 7.1 points to 180.9 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which fell 2.99% or 4.9 points to trade at 158.2 at the close. Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) declined 0.60% or 2.2 points to end at 366.0 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) was up 0.35% or 2.5 points to 711.4.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 458 to 192 and 32 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.12% or 0.58 to $52.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.30% or 0.78 to hit $60.98 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.28% or 3.45 to trade at $1250.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.46% to 10.3342, while USD/SEK rose 0.06% to 9.0954.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 97.018.