Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE), which rose 4.04% or 4.90 points to trade at 126.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) added 2.54% or 6.5 points to end at 262.1 and Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) was up 1.64% or 1.40 points to 86.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb), which fell 0.49% or 0.50 points to trade at 100.90 at the close. Svenska Handelsbanken ser. A (ST:SHBa) declined 0.15% or 0.2 points to end at 131.1 and Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) was down 0.10% or 0.2 points to 200.6.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 280 to 158 and 5 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 2.02% or 0.97 to $48.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.55% or 0.29 to hit $53.59 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.16% or 1.70 to trade at $1095.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.17% to 9.4872, while USD/SEK rose 0.50% to 8.6062.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 96.96.