Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the added 1.97%.
The best performers of the session on the were Boliden AB (ST:), which rose 4.38% or 8.57 points to trade at 204.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Atlas Copco AB Class A (ST:) added 4.13% or 8.8 points to end at 221.8 and ABB Ltd (ST:) was up 4.08% or 7.1 points to 180.9 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:), which fell 2.99% or 4.9 points to trade at 158.2 at the close. Swedish Match AB (ST:) declined 0.60% or 2.2 points to end at 366.0 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:) was up 0.35% or 2.5 points to 711.4.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 458 to 192 and 32 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.12% or 0.58 to $52.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.30% or 0.78 to hit $60.98 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.28% or 3.45 to trade at $1250.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.46% to 10.3342, while USD/SEK rose 0.06% to 9.0954.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 97.018.
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