Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Financials and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which rose 1.94% or 3.9 points to trade at 204.6 at the close. Meanwhile, Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA) added 1.57% or 1.70 points to end at 109.70 and Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) was up 0.98% or 2.0 points to 206.7 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ABB Ltd (ST:ABB), which fell 1.69% or 3.7 points to trade at 214.9 at the close. AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) declined 1.50% or 9.0 points to end at 590.5 and Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) was down 1.30% or 2.2 points to 167.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 447 to 276 and 69 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.70% or 0.31 to $44.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.83% or 0.39 to hit $47.31 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.29% or 3.59 to trade at $1250.49 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.31% to 9.7338, while USD/SEK fell 0.58% to 8.5631.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 95.80.