Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Basic Materials and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.56% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb), which rose 2.29% or 3.00 points to trade at 133.90 at the close. Meanwhile, NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:NIBEb) added 2.26% or 0.90 points to end at 42.10 and Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb) was up 2.03% or 1.70 points to 83.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which fell 1.35% or 2.00 points to trade at 142.10 at the close. SAAB AB ser. B (ST:SAABb) declined 1.09% or 5.00 points to end at 454.00 and Sinch AB (ST:SINCH) was down 0.80% or 0.20 points to 24.73.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 407 to 347 and 72 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.60% or 0.37 to $61.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.63% or 0.41 to hit $65.13 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.58% or 51.09 to trade at $3,284.59 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.06% to 10.88, while USD/SEK fell 0.07% to 9.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 100.10.