Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Industrials and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa), which rose 2.34% or 4.8 points to trade at 210.2 at the close. Meanwhile, Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) added 1.94% or 5.3 points to end at 279.0 and Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) was up 1.67% or 2.36 points to 143.66 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which fell 1.21% or 2.7 points to trade at 220.1 at the close. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 0.81% or 0.30 points to end at 36.55 and Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb) was down 0.51% or 0.70 points to 137.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 386 to 318 and 85 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.06% or 0.53 to $49.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.41% or 0.74 to hit $51.90 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.44% or 5.52 to trade at $1262.58 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.46% to 9.7588, while USD/SEK rose 0.32% to 8.7286.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 97.25.