Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Financials and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 1.07% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 4.63% or 4.60 points to trade at 103.90 at the close. Meanwhile, SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) added 3.88% or 0.98 points to end at 26.22 and Investor AB ser. B (ST:INVEb) was up 3.48% or 9.9 points to 294.7 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb), which fell 5.98% or 14.2 points to trade at 223.3 at the close. Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA) declined 4.05% or 1.65 points to end at 39.06 and Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) was down 1.26% or 1.90 points to 148.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 312 to 195 and 57 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.17% or 0.53 to $45.98 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.56% or 0.73 to hit $47.39 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.00% or 13.35 to trade at $1318.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.28% to 9.4657, while USD/SEK fell 0.12% to 8.6016.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 97.19.