Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Industrials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 1.85% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA), which rose 4.39% or 5.8 points to trade at 137.9 at the close. Meanwhile, SKF, AB ser. B (ST:SKFb) added 4.04% or 5.5 points to end at 141.6 and Hennes & Mauritz AB, H & M ser. B (ST:HMb) was up 2.74% or 7.0 points to 262.7 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which fell 1.27% or 7.5 points to trade at 583.0 at the close. Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVBs) declined 0.56% or 1.2 points to end at 213.4 and Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson B (ST:ERICb) was down 0.03% or 0.02 points to 62.38.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 405 to 190 and 56 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.16% or 0.07 to $43.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.11% or 0.05 to hit $45.34 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.26% or 3.55 to trade at $1344.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.37% to 9.4793, while USD/SEK fell 0.59% to 8.5324.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.19% at 96.11.