Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.88% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVBs), which rose 2.42% or 5.3 points to trade at 224.6 at the close. Meanwhile, Hennes & Mauritz AB, H & M ser. B (ST:HMb) added 2.23% or 5.4 points to end at 247.4 and Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) was up 2.09% or 2.8 points to 136.9 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa), which fell 1.09% or 2.2 points to trade at 200.3 at the close. AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) declined 0.18% or 1.0 points to end at 562.0 and Svenska Handelsbanken ser. A (ST:SHBa) was down 0.17% or 0.2 points to 120.4.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 338 to 251 and 66 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.27% or 0.13 to $48.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.55% or 0.28 to hit $51.17 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 2.61% or 34.25 to trade at $1278.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.21% to 9.6238, while USD/SEK rose 0.33% to 8.5947.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.43% at 96.06.