Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 3.52% or 1.95 points to trade at 57.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson B (ST:ERICb) added 0.98% or 0.50 points to end at 51.55 and Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) was up 0.91% or 2.1 points to 232.1 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE), which fell 1.54% or 3.10 points to trade at 198.40 at the close. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 1.10% or 0.44 points to end at 39.69 and Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) was down 1.05% or 3.0 points to 283.1.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 364 to 312 and 84 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.23% or 0.12 to $53.05 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.38% or 0.21 to hit $55.80 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 0.65 to trade at $1225.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.19% to 9.4566, while USD/SEK rose 0.04% to 8.9436.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 101.28.