Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Telecoms and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 2.36%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson B (ST:ERICb), which rose 8.11% or 4.86 points to trade at 64.81 at the close. Meanwhile, Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) added 4.63% or 3.15 points to end at 71.25 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was up 3.70% or 5.40 points to 151.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 0.78% or 0.65 points to trade at 82.80 at the close. Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIBs) added 0.12% or 0.2 points to end at 167.1 and Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb) was up 0.41% or 0.50 points to 121.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 372 to 204 and 41 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.19% or 0.09 to $48.40 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.76% or 0.38 to hit $49.45 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1287.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.45% to 9.3555, while USD/SEK rose 0.13% to 8.3229.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.25% at 94.79.