Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 1.14%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Hennes & Mauritz AB, H & M ser. B (ST:HMb), which rose 5.43% or 14.4 points to trade at 279.6 at the close. Meanwhile, AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) added 4.22% or 19.4 points to end at 478.9 and Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) was up 2.33% or 11.00 points to 483.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa), which fell 5.78% or 9.9 points to trade at 161.5 at the close. Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) declined 0.24% or 0.3 points to end at 126.3 and Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) was down 0.17% or 0.15 points to 87.95.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 331 to 201 and 54 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 5.07% or 1.82 to $37.71 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 5.10% or 1.93 to hit $39.80 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.14% or 1.70 to trade at $1227.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.46% to 9.3031, while USD/SEK rose 0.10% to 8.1425.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 94.32.