Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 1.21%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were AB SKF B (ST:SKFb), which rose 2.94% or 5.0 points to trade at 174.9 at the close. Meanwhile, Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) added 2.57% or 5.1 points to end at 201.7 and Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb) was up 2.53% or 7.2 points to 292.3 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 0.76% or 0.07 points to trade at 9.70 at the close. Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) declined 0.68% or 0.8 points to end at 116.1 and Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) was 0.00% or 0.00 points to 226.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 370 to 238 and 54 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.09% or 0.67 to $62.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.12% or 0.08 to hit $65.59 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.70% or 23.10 to trade at $1333.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.70% to 9.9755, while USD/SEK rose 1.23% to 8.0825.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.54% at 89.56.