Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were AB SKF B (ST:SKFb), which rose 1.85% or 3.3 points to trade at 181.3 at the close. Meanwhile, Investor AB ser. B (ST:INVEb) added 1.59% or 5.8 points to end at 371.5 and SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) was up 1.23% or 0.43 points to 35.26 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa), which fell 5.81% or 6.10 points to trade at 98.90 at the close. Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) declined 3.26% or 1.18 points to end at 35.00 and Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) was 0.00% or 0.0 points to 237.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 392 to 280 and 81 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.86% or 0.90 to $49.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.79% or 0.92 to hit $52.34 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 3.75 to trade at $1251.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.04% to 9.5529, while USD/SEK rose 0.57% to 8.8812.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 99.88.