Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Financials and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 1.35%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken A (ST:SEBa), which rose 2.83% or 2.15 points to trade at 78.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) added 2.74% or 7.5 points to end at 281.5 and Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) was up 2.59% or 4.5 points to 178.4 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVBs), which fell 1.65% or 3.7 points to trade at 221.0 at the close. Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) declined 1.48% or 1.25 points to end at 83.25 and Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) was down 1.13% or 0.90 points to 78.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 288 to 274 and 44 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.96% or 0.46 to $48.54 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.46% or 0.22 to hit $48.57 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.65% or 20.60 to trade at $1230.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.94% to 9.2726, while USD/SEK fell 0.25% to 8.3214.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.38% at 95.59.