Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Telecoms and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA), which rose 6.95% or 10.6 points to trade at 163.2 at the close. Meanwhile, H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) added 5.57% or 13.2 points to end at 250.0 and Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) was up 1.35% or 3.5 points to 263.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 3.28% or 1.80 points to trade at 53.05 at the close. Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb) declined 1.74% or 3.80 points to end at 214.00 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) was down 1.32% or 6.3 points to 470.6.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 321 to 281 and 64 ended unchanged.
Shares in Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 6.95% or 10.6 to 163.2. Shares in Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.28% or 1.80 to 53.05.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.39% or 0.73 to $53.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.59% or 0.88 to hit $56.20 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.55% or 18.50 to trade at $1214.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.05% to 9.4479, while USD/SEK fell 0.89% to 8.7521.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.88% at 99.54.