Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 1.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Hennes & Mauritz AB, H & M ser. B (ST:HMb), which rose 5.43% or 14.4 points to trade at 279.6 at the close. AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) added 4.22% or 19.4 points to end at 478.9 and Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) was up 2.33% or 11.00 points to 483.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa), which lost 5.78% or 9.9 points to trade at 161.5 in late trade. Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) declined 0.24% or 0.3 points to end at 126.3 and Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) shed 0.17% or 0.15 points to 87.95.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 331 to 201 and 54 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 5.10% or 1.83 to $37.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 5.04% or 1.91 to hit $39.78 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.14% or 1.70 to trade at $1227.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.45% to 9.3026, while USD/SEK rose 0.11% to 8.1431.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 94.32.