Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 3.31% or 1.47 points to trade at 45.89 at the close. Meanwhile, AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) added 2.32% or 15.4 points to end at 679.3 and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) was up 1.70% or 1.34 points to 80.14 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb), which fell 3.71% or 29.8 points to trade at 774.4 at the close. Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) declined 0.64% or 0.7 points to end at 101.2 and ABB Ltd (ST:ABB) was down 0.57% or 1.2 points to 211.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 314 to 313 and 65 ended unchanged.
Shares in Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.70% or 1.34 to 80.14.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.12% or 0.09 to $72.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.93% or 0.75 to hit $81.28 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 1.60 to trade at $1206.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.17% to 10.3543, while USD/SEK rose 0.01% to 8.7988.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 93.72.