Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Technology and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.90%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 3.76% or 0.30 points to trade at 8.28 at the close. Meanwhile, AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) added 3.20% or 5.4 points to end at 175.8 and Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) was up 2.81% or 4.10 points to 150.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa), which fell 6.19% or 5.70 points to trade at 86.40 at the close. H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) declined 5.04% or 6.4 points to end at 120.9 and Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) was down 0.05% or 0.1 points to 184.4.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 381 to 239 and 49 ended unchanged.
Shares in Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa) fell to 52-week lows; falling 6.19% or 5.70 to 86.40. Shares in H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) fell to 5-year lows; falling 5.04% or 6.4 to 120.9. Shares in Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) fell to 52-week lows; falling 0.05% or 0.1 to 184.4.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.17% or 0.11 to $65.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.13% or 0.09 to hit $69.61 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.91% or 12.30 to trade at $1342.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.02% to 10.1960, while USD/SEK rose 0.32% to 8.2172.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 88.95.