Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Financials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.27% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb), which rose 1.26% or 12.0 points to trade at 962.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) added 1.12% or 2.6 points to end at 234.7 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) was up 1.05% or 5.5 points to 528.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 2.27% or 1.30 points to trade at 56.05 at the close. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 1.74% or 0.69 points to end at 39.00 and H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) was down 1.38% or 3.4 points to 242.5.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 361 to 340 and 72 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.34% or 0.18 to $53.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.36% or 0.20 to hit $55.77 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.53% or 6.55 to trade at $1231.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.06% to 9.4535, while USD/SEK fell 0.11% to 8.9229.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 101.11.