Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Industrials and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb), which rose 2.67% or 25.0 points to trade at 962.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) added 2.07% or 5.7 points to end at 281.7 and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson B (ST:ERICb) was up 1.92% or 1.17 points to 62.02 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE), which fell 2.51% or 4.20 points to trade at 163.30 at the close. Boliden AB (ST:BOL) declined 1.36% or 3.20 points to end at 232.10 and Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA) was down 1.16% or 0.45 points to 38.44.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 358 to 353 and 82 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 3.70% or 1.74 to $45.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 3.14% or 1.56 to hit $48.05 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.20 to trade at $1222.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.31% to 9.6413, while USD/SEK fell 0.23% to 8.5061.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 96.09.