Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Technology and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.86%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa), which rose 6.13% or 8.3 points to trade at 144.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) added 3.58% or 3.50 points to end at 101.33 and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa) was up 2.37% or 1.94 points to 83.92 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb), which fell 2.78% or 3.0 points to trade at 106.6 at the close. ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) declined 2.45% or 5.0 points to end at 197.5 and Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) was down 1.78% or 8.4 points to 462.5.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 343 to 309 and 51 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.45% or 0.89 to $62.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.48% or 0.33 to hit $69.34 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.55 to trade at $1294.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.39% to 10.4467, while USD/SEK rose 0.61% to 9.3377.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 97.053.