Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 2.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 5.84% or 1.62 points to trade at 29.34 at the close. Atlas Copco AB ser. A (ST:ATCOa) added 4.61% or 9.0 points to end at 204.3 and Atlas Copco AB ser. B (ST:ATCOb) was up 4.58% or 8.4 points to 191.8 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which lost 0.04% or 0.2 points to trade at 464.3 in late trade. Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) added 0.73% or 2.0 points to end at 277.2 and Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) gained 0.74% or 3.30 points to 447.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 388 to 166 and 49 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.71% or 0.27 to $38.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.90% or 0.36 to hit $40.21 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.72% or 8.90 to trade at $1228.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.19% to 9.2385, while USD/SEK fell 0.48% to 8.1569.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.30% at 94.88.