Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Telecoms and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which rose 2.85% or 8.20 points to trade at 296.20 at the close. AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) added 1.33% or 2.2 points to end at 171.7 and Atlas Copco AB ser. B (ST:ATCOb) was up 1.21% or 3.8 points to 319.1 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb), which lost 0.99% or 2.7 points to trade at 269.0 in late trade. ABB Ltd (ST:ABB) declined 0.95% or 1.9 points to end at 197.5 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) shed 0.86% or 4.8 points to 552.7.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 319 to 286 and 62 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.02% or 0.01 to $60.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.12% or 0.08 to hit $64.56 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 2.60 to trade at $1324.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.69% to 10.1097, while USD/SEK fell 0.54% to 8.1728.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 89.72.