Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 1.02%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 3.67% or 1.72 points to trade at 48.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) added 3.22% or 4.67 points to end at 149.72 and Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb) was up 2.31% or 3.25 points to 143.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb), which fell 1.61% or 2.70 points to trade at 164.55 at the close. Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA) declined 1.28% or 0.51 points to end at 39.24 and Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) was down 0.67% or 0.6 points to 95.4.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 358 to 243 and 54 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.93% or 1.86 to $65.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 2.93% or 2.01 to hit $70.66 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.30 to trade at $1342.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.33% to 10.2636, while USD/SEK fell 0.48% to 8.3186.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 89.41.