Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 3.56% or 0.81 points to trade at 23.55 at the close. H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) added 2.53% or 5.4 points to end at 219.0 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was up 1.46% or 4.00 points to 277.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb), which lost 2.74% or 1.25 points to trade at 44.41 in late trade. Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) declined 0.85% or 0.80 points to end at 93.50 and Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) shed 0.65% or 0.90 points to 137.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 359 to 352 and 90 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.72% or 0.86 to $50.76 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.85% or 1.02 to hit $56.16 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.40% or 5.23 to trade at $1315.83 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.02% to 9.5361, while USD/SEK fell 0.05% to 7.9478.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 91.53.