Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 1.62% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE), which rose 4.87% or 7.30 points to trade at 157.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Hennes & Mauritz AB, H & M ser. B (ST:HMb) added 4.77% or 12.0 points to end at 263.6 and Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) was up 2.93% or 6.0 points to 211.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which fell 3.24% or 1.12 points to trade at 33.40 at the close. Nokia Oyj (ST:NOKIA) declined 3.19% or 1.24 points to end at 37.68 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was down 1.93% or 4.50 points to 228.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 390 to 228 and 55 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nokia Oyj (ST:NOKIA) fell to 3-years lows; down 3.19% or 1.24 to 37.68.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 4.62% or 2.00 to $45.32 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 4.28% or 1.90 to hit $46.33 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.15% or 1.80 to trade at $1223.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.23% to 9.8532, while USD/SEK rose 0.38% to 9.1820.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 100.15.