Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were AB SKF B (ST:SKFb), which rose 3.55% or 6.0 points to trade at 175.1 at the close. Meanwhile, Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) added 1.79% or 2.67 points to end at 152.12 and SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) was up 1.73% or 0.81 points to 47.66 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 6.86% or 0.66 points to trade at 8.93 at the close. Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) declined 1.75% or 1.9 points to end at 103.9 and Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA) was down 1.57% or 0.62 points to 38.78.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 291 to 291 and 69 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) fell to 3-years lows; losing 6.86% or 0.66 to 8.93.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.06% or 1.28 to $63.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.77% or 1.17 to hit $67.22 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.59% or 7.80 to trade at $1310.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.05% to 10.0718, while USD/SEK rose 0.60% to 8.2188.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.53% at 89.94.