Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Telecoms and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.99%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb), which rose 2.79% or 4.80 points to trade at 177.00 at the close. Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) added 2.44% or 5.1 points to end at 214.0 and Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) was up 2.35% or 2.7 points to 117.7 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb), which lost 1.57% or 3.50 points to trade at 219.90 in late trade. Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) declined 0.59% or 1.00 points to end at 168.10 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) shed 0.02% or 0.1 points to 466.2.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 425 to 295 and 83 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.24% or 0.11 to $46.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.27% or 0.14 to hit $51.52 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.41% or 5.40 to trade at $1313.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.05% to 9.4994, while USD/SEK rose 0.38% to 7.9694.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 92.66.