Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Basic Materials and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.81% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 2.60% or 1.21 points to trade at 47.81 at the close. Meanwhile, ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) added 2.58% or 4.4 points to end at 176.8 and Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) was up 2.50% or 5.0 points to 205.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which fell 2.05% or 3.3 points to trade at 159.7 at the close. Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) declined 1.64% or 0.27 points to end at 16.27 and Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) was down 1.42% or 3.40 points to 235.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 390 to 227 and 46 ended unchanged.
Shares in SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.60% or 1.21 to 47.81. Shares in H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) fell to 5-year lows; down 2.05% or 3.3 to 159.7.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.46% or 0.90 to $62.63 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.02% or 0.69 to hit $68.47 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.67% or 8.80 to trade at $1311.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.16% to 9.8272, while USD/SEK rose 0.55% to 8.2439.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 92.32.