Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 1.21%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 6.57% or 2.23 points to trade at 36.18 at the close. Meanwhile, Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) added 3.89% or 2.15 points to end at 57.40 and AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) was up 2.82% or 4.8 points to 175.3 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which fell 0.84% or 4.0 points to trade at 473.0 at the close. Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) added 0.14% or 0.10 points to end at 72.70 and H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) was up 0.17% or 0.4 points to 235.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 338 to 265 and 72 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.35% or 0.71 to $53.46 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.89% or 0.49 to hit $55.72 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.26% or 3.15 to trade at $1212.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.00% to 9.5042, while USD/SEK rose 0.16% to 8.8407.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 100.11.