Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 1.52% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Atlas Copco AB ser. B (ST:ATCOb), which rose 2.81% or 7.1 points to trade at 260.1 at the close. Meanwhile, SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) added 2.65% or 0.96 points to end at 37.14 and AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) was up 2.57% or 4.5 points to 179.8 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 5.66% or 3.25 points to trade at 54.15 at the close. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson B (ST:ERICb) declined 0.52% or 0.27 points to end at 52.08 and Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) was down 0.15% or 0.30 points to 193.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 361 to 260 and 57 ended unchanged.
Shares in Atlas Copco AB ser. B (ST:ATCOb) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.81% or 7.1 to 260.1. Shares in Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) fell to 52-week lows; falling 5.66% or 3.25 to 54.15. Shares in AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.57% or 4.5 to 179.8.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.09% or 0.05 to $53.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $55.44 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.96% or 11.65 to trade at $1199.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.10% to 9.4854, while USD/SEK fell 0.19% to 8.8308.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 100.01.