Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.35% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa), which rose 1.07% or 1.10 points to trade at 104.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) added 0.90% or 1.90 points to end at 212.50 and Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) was up 0.75% or 0.9 points to 121.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which fell 2.06% or 4.3 points to trade at 204.7 at the close. AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) declined 1.91% or 11.0 points to end at 564.0 and Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) was down 1.62% or 2.74 points to 165.96.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 474 to 279 and 63 ended unchanged.
Shares in Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) rose to all time highs; gaining 0.90% or 1.90 to 212.50.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.38% or 0.22 to $57.13 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.81% or 0.52 to hit $63.75 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.42% or 5.39 to trade at $1276.21 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.21% to 9.7300, while USD/SEK rose 0.02% to 8.4000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 94.86.