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

At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 2.55%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST: NIBEb ), which rose 6.78% or 2.60 points to trade at 41.20 at the close. Meanwhile, SAAB AB ser. B (ST: SAABb ) added 6.12% or 21.30 points to end at 368.70 and Atlas Copco AB Series B (ST: ATCOb ) was up 5.84% or 8.90 points to 161.30 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST: SBBb ), which fell 3.45% or 0.14 points to trade at 3.82 at the close. AstraZeneca PLC (ST: AZN ) declined 1.78% or 29.00 points to end at 1,596.00 and Tele2 AB (ST: TEL2b ) was down 1.58% or 2.00 points to 124.65.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 473 to 303 and 69 ended unchanged.

Shares in SAAB AB ser. B (ST: SAABb ) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 6.12% or 21.30 to 368.70.

Crude oil for April delivery was down 4.16% or 2.84 to $65.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 3.55% or 2.52 to hit $68.52 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 9.29 to trade at $2,929.89 a troy ounce.

EUR/SEK was down 0.23% to 11.03, while USD/SEK fell 1.67% to 10.23.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.24% at 104.38.