Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 3.82% or 17.90 points to trade at 486.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) added 2.52% or 1.90 points to end at 77.30 and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken A (ST:SEBa) was up 1.73% or 1.30 points to 76.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nokia Oyj (ST:NOKIA), which fell 7.48% or 3.49 points to trade at 43.17 at the close. Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson B (ST:ERICb) declined 1.89% or 1.20 points to end at 62.20 and Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIBs) was down 1.79% or 3.1 points to 170.4.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 285 to 267 and 60 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nokia Oyj (ST:NOKIA) fell to 52-week lows; losing 7.48% or 3.49 to 43.17. Shares in Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson B (ST:ERICb) fell to 3-years lows; falling 1.89% or 1.20 to 62.20.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.16% or 0.94 to $44.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 3.51% or 1.53 to hit $45.16 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.46% or 5.85 to trade at $1260.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.12% to 9.2827, while USD/SEK fell 0.16% to 8.1517.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 94.17.