Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Goods and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb), which rose 1.99% or 5.0 points to trade at 256.7 at the close. Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) added 1.12% or 0.40 points to end at 36.10 and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson B (ST:ERICb) was up 1.09% or 0.63 points to 58.33 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which lost 1.85% or 0.65 points to trade at 34.58 in late trade. Boliden AB (ST:BOL) declined 1.14% or 3.20 points to end at 277.10 and ABB Ltd (ST:ABB) shed 0.38% or 0.8 points to 207.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 381 to 289 and 79 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.45% or 0.24 to $53.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.66% or 0.37 to hit $55.86 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.15 to trade at $1276.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.35% to 9.5738, while USD/SEK fell 0.38% to 9.0242.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 100.58.