Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.81%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb), which rose 3.56% or 1.88 points to trade at 54.73 at the close. Meanwhile, Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) added 2.52% or 5.30 points to end at 215.40 and Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb) was up 2.26% or 3.20 points to 144.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which fell 0.92% or 1.8 points to trade at 194.6 at the close. ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) declined 0.59% or 1.0 points to end at 167.9 and Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb) was down 0.48% or 5.0 points to 1040.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 332 to 263 and 70 ended unchanged.
Shares in H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) fell to 5-year lows; down 0.92% or 1.8 to 194.6. Shares in Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.52% or 5.30 to 215.40.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.50% or 0.28 to $56.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.24% or 0.15 to hit $62.37 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.54% or 6.86 to trade at $1282.16 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.49% to 9.9059, while USD/SEK fell 0.54% to 8.4389.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 93.91.