Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.52% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb), which rose 3.13% or 7.00 points to trade at 230.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Investor AB ser. B (ST:INVEb) added 1.83% or 7.4 points to end at 412.4 and Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) was up 1.75% or 4.9 points to 285.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb), which fell 2.45% or 1.15 points to trade at 45.73 at the close. Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb) declined 0.89% or 1.20 points to end at 134.30 and ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) was down 0.48% or 0.9 points to 185.5.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 384 to 341 and 84 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.24% or 0.12 to $50.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.50% or 0.28 to hit $55.84 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.39% or 4.98 to trade at $1276.78 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.30% to 9.5551, while USD/SEK fell 0.55% to 8.1264.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 93.35.