Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.73%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA), which rose 3.45% or 15.5 points to trade at 464.3 at the close. Meanwhile, Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) added 2.32% or 4.2 points to end at 185.2 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was up 2.05% or 4.06 points to 202.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb), which fell 3.78% or 30.0 points to trade at 764.2 at the close. Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) declined 1.89% or 2.00 points to end at 103.70 and Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) was down 1.87% or 1.6 points to 83.1.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 333 to 286 and 59 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.64% or 0.43 to $66.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.97% or 0.75 to hit $76.59 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.51% or 6.30 to trade at $1226.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.01% to 10.4066, while USD/SEK rose 0.07% to 9.1585.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 96.63.