Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb), which rose 1.74% or 4.0 points to trade at 234.4 at the close. Meanwhile, Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) added 1.24% or 3.8 points to end at 310.5 and Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVBs) was up 0.69% or 1.5 points to 218.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which fell 3.49% or 0.99 points to trade at 27.39 at the close. SKF, AB ser. B (ST:SKFb) declined 2.15% or 2.9 points to end at 131.7 and Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) was down 1.66% or 1.70 points to 100.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 295 to 274 and 69 ended unchanged.
Shares in Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) rose to all time highs; rising 1.24% or 3.8 to 310.5.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.02% or 0.44 to $42.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $44.92 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1327.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.00% to 9.5134, while USD/SEK fell 0.03% to 8.6574.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 97.17.