Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.79% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were AB SKF B (ST:SKFb), which rose 4.58% or 6.8 points to trade at 156.4 at the close. Meanwhile, H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) added 4.31% or 5.7 points to end at 138.9 and SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) was up 4.07% or 1.33 points to 34.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb), which fell 4.48% or 33.0 points to trade at 703.0 at the close. Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) declined 2.39% or 5.0 points to end at 204.3 and Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) was down 1.45% or 1.45 points to 98.33.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 380 to 266 and 49 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 2.79% or 1.45 to $53.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 2.61% or 1.56 to hit $61.37 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.41% or 5.35 to trade at $1308.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.25% to 10.3682, while USD/SEK rose 0.26% to 9.0750.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 95.493.