Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Financials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which rose 1.94% or 3.9 points to trade at 204.6 at the close. Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA) added 1.57% or 1.70 points to end at 109.70 and Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) was up 0.98% or 2.0 points to 206.7 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ABB Ltd (ST:ABB), which lost 1.69% or 3.7 points to trade at 214.9 in late trade. AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) declined 1.50% or 9.0 points to end at 590.5 and Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) shed 1.30% or 2.2 points to 167.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 447 to 276 and 69 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.70% or 0.31 to $44.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.83% or 0.39 to hit $47.31 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.29% or 3.67 to trade at $1250.57 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.31% to 9.7338, while USD/SEK fell 0.57% to 8.5634.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 95.80.