Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Basic Materials and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb), which rose 10.47% or 9.1 points to trade at 96.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa) added 4.27% or 3.64 points to end at 88.92 and Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) was up 4.09% or 9.4 points to 239.3 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA), which fell 4.05% or 1.66 points to trade at 39.28 at the close. Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) declined 1.95% or 2.00 points to end at 100.55 and Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) was down 1.73% or 3.80 points to 215.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 308 to 296 and 67 ended unchanged.
Shares in Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.09% or 9.4 to 239.3.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.33% or 0.22 to $66.85 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.19% or 0.14 to hit $71.98 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.91% or 11.30 to trade at $1228.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.34% to 10.2990, while USD/SEK rose 0.07% to 8.8301.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 94.68.