Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.42% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb), which rose 1.70% or 17.0 points to trade at 1019.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) added 1.62% or 0.74 points to end at 46.49 and ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) was up 1.11% or 2.0 points to 182.2 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 1.25% or 0.29 points to trade at 22.85 at the close. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 1.16% or 0.44 points to end at 37.57 and Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) was down 0.86% or 1.3 points to 150.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 376 to 340 and 101 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.46% or 0.24 to $51.98 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.91% or 0.53 to hit $57.90 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.60% or 7.84 to trade at $1303.66 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.67% to 9.5926, while USD/SEK rose 1.32% to 8.1496.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.58% at 92.98.