Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Industrials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.75%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb), which rose 1.83% or 19.0 points to trade at 1057.0 at the close. Meanwhile, AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) added 1.81% or 3.4 points to end at 191.6 and Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) was up 1.67% or 2.66 points to 161.66 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA), which fell 1.99% or 0.74 points to trade at 36.44 at the close. Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) declined 1.83% or 0.33 points to end at 17.68 and Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) was down 1.68% or 3.40 points to 198.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 316 to 291 and 57 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.48% or 0.28 to $57.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.58% or 0.37 to hit $63.01 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 0.90 to trade at $1295.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.25% to 9.9028, while USD/SEK rose 0.47% to 8.3413.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 93.10.