Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Financials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 2.62%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb), which rose 4.27% or 2.14 points to trade at 52.28 at the close. Meanwhile, Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb) added 4.18% or 11.6 points to end at 288.8 and Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) was up 3.75% or 7.3 points to 202.1 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 0.30% or 0.03 points to trade at 11.26 at the close. ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) added 0.34% or 0.6 points to end at 176.0 and Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) was up 0.38% or 1.0 points to 263.8.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 551 to 81 and 35 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 2.62% or 1.66 to $61.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.91% or 1.28 to hit $65.58 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.74% or 9.80 to trade at $1319.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.34% to 9.8747, while USD/SEK rose 1.15% to 8.0442.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.68% at 90.13.