Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.60%.
The biggest gainers 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. 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.
Biggest losers included Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb), which lost 0.49% or 0.50 points to trade at 100.90 in late trade. 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) shed 0.10% or 0.2 points to 200.6.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 280 to 158 and 5 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 2.17% or 1.04 to $49.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.76% or 0.41 to hit $53.70 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.11% or 1.20 to trade at $1095.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.17% to 9.4870, while USD/SEK rose 0.50% to 8.6060.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 96.96.