Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 1.97%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which rose 4.38% or 8.57 points to trade at 204.15 at the close. Atlas Copco AB Class A (ST:ATCOa) added 4.13% or 8.8 points to end at 221.8 and ABB Ltd (ST:ABB) was up 4.08% or 7.1 points to 180.9 in late trade.
Biggest losers included H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which lost 2.99% or 4.9 points to trade at 158.2 in late trade. Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) declined 0.60% or 2.2 points to end at 366.0 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) gained 0.35% or 2.5 points to 711.4.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 458 to 192 and 32 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.14% or 0.59 to $52.24 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.35% or 0.81 to hit $61.01 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 3.35 to trade at $1250.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.46% to 10.3342, while USD/SEK rose 0.06% to 9.0955.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 97.018.