Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.69% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA), which rose 2.83% or 11.3 points to trade at 410.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) added 1.76% or 2.72 points to end at 157.57 and Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) was up 1.55% or 2.40 points to 157.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb), which fell 0.99% or 2.3 points to trade at 230.5 at the close. Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA) declined 0.31% or 0.28 points to end at 88.76 and Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) was down 0.23% or 0.2 points to 87.4.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 340 to 282 and 53 ended unchanged.
Shares in Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) rose to all time highs; rising 2.83% or 11.3 to 410.0. Shares in Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) fell to 52-week lows; falling 0.99% or 2.3 to 230.5.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.57% or 1.82 to $68.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 2.06% or 1.57 to hit $74.60 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 2.90 to trade at $1311.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.75% to 10.4572, while USD/SEK fell 0.29% to 8.8103.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 92.93.