Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which rose 2.19% or 5.40 points to trade at 252.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) added 2.09% or 1.63 points to end at 79.55 and Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb) was up 1.47% or 11.0 points to 758.6 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb), which fell 1.72% or 1.7 points to trade at 98.0 at the close. Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa) declined 1.40% or 1.34 points to end at 94.48 and Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) was down 0.69% or 3.2 points to 457.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 365 to 264 and 52 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.81% or 0.60 to $74.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.10% or 0.92 to hit $84.83 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.34% or 4.10 to trade at $1192.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.24% to 10.4664, while USD/SEK rose 0.31% to 9.1148.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 95.44.