Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Materials and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 1.24%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 3.05% or 1.52 points to trade at 51.36 at the close. Meanwhile, Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) added 3.00% or 11.0 points to end at 377.4 and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) was up 2.92% or 1.56 points to 54.94 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which fell 0.32% or 1.9 points to trade at 600.8 at the close. Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) added 0.10% or 0.10 points to end at 104.90 and Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) was up 0.12% or 0.01 points to 8.08.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 385 to 221 and 65 ended unchanged.
Shares in SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.05% or 1.52 to 51.36.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.08% or 0.05 to $66.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $71.41 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.24% or 3.30 to trade at $1347.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.33% to 10.3850, while USD/SEK fell 0.03% to 8.4142.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 89.35.