Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 2.09%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 5.84% or 1.62 points to trade at 29.34 at the close. Meanwhile, Atlas Copco AB ser. A (ST:ATCOa) added 4.61% or 9.0 points to end at 204.3 and Atlas Copco AB ser. B (ST:ATCOb) was up 4.58% or 8.4 points to 191.8 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which fell 0.04% or 0.2 points to trade at 464.3 at the close. Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) added 0.73% or 2.0 points to end at 277.2 and Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) was up 0.74% or 3.30 points to 447.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 388 to 166 and 49 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.73% or 0.28 to $38.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.95% or 0.38 to hit $40.23 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.72% or 8.90 to trade at $1228.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.20% to 9.2378, while USD/SEK fell 0.49% to 8.1566.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.32% at 94.87.