Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb), which rose 3.43% or 2.1 points to trade at 64.8 at the close. Meanwhile, H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) added 2.75% or 5.7 points to end at 213.2 and Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) was up 2.32% or 3.36 points to 148.46 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which fell 1.04% or 2.50 points to trade at 238.20 at the close. AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) declined 0.50% or 3.0 points to end at 592.0 and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson B (ST:ERICb) was down 0.40% or 0.25 points to 62.85.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 379 to 308 and 97 ended unchanged.
Shares in Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.32% or 3.36 to 148.46.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.43% or 0.20 to $46.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.48% or 0.23 to hit $48.52 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.27% or 3.48 to trade at $1265.42 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.59% to 9.7445, while USD/SEK fell 0.52% to 8.7038.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 97.06.