Sweden stocks higher at close of trade; OMX Stockholm 30 up 0.80%

Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrials , Basic Materials and Technology sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.80% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Hexagon AB ser. B (ST:HEXAb ), which rose 7.85% or 7.50 points to trade at 103.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Sinch AB (ST:SINCH ) added 3.94% or 0.77 points to end at 20.31 and H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb ) was up 3.06% or 4.90 points to 163.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN ), which fell 3.05% or 46.00 points to trade at 1,461.50 at the close. Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb ) declined 2.39% or 0.09 points to end at 3.55 and Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa ) was down 0.77% or 1.70 points to 217.90.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 415 to 355 and 76 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.90% or 0.63 to $69.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.79% or 0.58 to hit $73.04 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.24% or 6.46 to trade at $2,674.36 a troy ounce.

EUR/SEK was down 0.52% to 11.50, while USD/SEK fell 0.73% to 10.92.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 106.16.

Source: Investing.com