Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.52%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa), which rose 2.33% or 2.25 points to trade at 98.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Boliden AB (ST:BOL) added 1.75% or 4.20 points to end at 244.20 and SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) was up 1.69% or 0.59 points to 35.59 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb), which fell 1.76% or 4.0 points to trade at 223.3 at the close. H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) declined 0.79% or 2.0 points to end at 251.6 and Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb) was down 0.76% or 8.0 points to 1048.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 329 to 286 and 60 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.77% or 0.95 to $52.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.65% or 0.94 to hit $55.88 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.83% or 9.55 to trade at $1161.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.15% to 9.5403, while USD/SEK rose 0.26% to 9.1627.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.79% at 103.18.