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 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the were Sinch AB (ST:), which rose 4.88% or 1.17 points to trade at 25.17 at the close. Meanwhile, Electrolux AB Class B (ST:) added 3.48% or 3.00 points to end at 90.50 and H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:) was up 2.10% or 4.00 points to 194.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:), which fell 15.46% or 0.87 points to trade at 4.75 at the close. Boliden AB (ST:) declined 1.07% or 3.70 points to end at 341.80 and Nordea Bank Abp (ST:) was down 0.95% or 1.20 points to 125.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 416 to 349 and 86 ended unchanged.
Shares in H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.10% or 4.00 to 194.70.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.17% or 0.14 to $80.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $84.21 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.76% or 17.65 to trade at $2,313.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.36% to 11.30, while USD/SEK rose 0.62% to 10.57.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 105.67.
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