Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which rose 2.80% or 7.00 points to trade at 256.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) added 2.57% or 4.40 points to end at 175.50 and SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) was up 1.92% or 0.81 points to 42.96 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 3.10% or 1.11 points to trade at 34.69 at the close. Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) declined 0.86% or 2.6 points to end at 298.0 and H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) was down 0.80% or 1.7 points to 211.6.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 376 to 316 and 103 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 3.00% or 1.39 to $47.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 2.84% or 1.38 to hit $49.98 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 2.77 to trade at $1251.53 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.03% to 9.5623, while USD/SEK fell 0.11% to 8.2050.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 93.83.