Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb), which rose 1.13% or 1.60 points to trade at 143.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) added 1.05% or 1.20 points to end at 115.30 and Nokia Oyj (ST:NOKIA) was up 1.01% or 0.45 points to 45.14 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 1.51% or 1.00 points to trade at 65.20 at the close. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) added 0.03% or 0.01 points to end at 35.49 and Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA) was up 0.10% or 0.10 points to 102.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 387 to 221 and 65 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.57% or 0.83 to $53.85 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.43% or 0.80 to hit $56.70 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.38% or 4.35 to trade at $1137.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.27% to 9.6522, while USD/SEK rose 0.27% to 9.2298.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 103.03.