Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Goods and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb), which rose 1.99% or 5.0 points to trade at 256.7 at the close. Meanwhile, Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) added 1.12% or 0.40 points to end at 36.10 and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson B (ST:ERICb) was up 1.09% or 0.63 points to 58.33 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which fell 1.85% or 0.65 points to trade at 34.58 at the close. Boliden AB (ST:BOL) declined 1.14% or 3.20 points to end at 277.10 and ABB Ltd (ST:ABB) was down 0.38% or 0.8 points to 207.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 381 to 289 and 79 ended unchanged.
Shares in Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.99% or 5.0 to 256.7.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.45% or 0.24 to $53.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.64% or 0.36 to hit $55.87 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.15 to trade at $1276.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.35% to 9.5738, while USD/SEK fell 0.38% to 9.0242.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 100.58.