Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Industrials and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.30% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb), which rose 2.47% or 6.2 points to trade at 257.2 at the close. Meanwhile, Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) added 1.87% or 4.2 points to end at 229.2 and Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) was up 1.52% or 2.3 points to 153.3 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb), which fell 0.83% or 1.45 points to trade at 174.15 at the close. Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) declined 0.76% or 0.95 points to end at 124.05 and Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) was down 0.71% or 0.6 points to 81.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 332 to 303 and 56 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.65% or 0.41 to $63.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.48% or 0.34 to hit $71.52 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.03% or 13.25 to trade at $1278.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.37% to 10.4398, while USD/SEK fell 0.18% to 9.2498.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 96.667.