Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa), which rose 2.81% or 3.4 points to trade at 124.2 at the close. Meanwhile, Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) added 0.98% or 2.1 points to end at 215.5 and Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA) was up 0.84% or 0.90 points to 108.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 1.99% or 0.45 points to trade at 22.14 at the close. Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb) declined 1.89% or 3.50 points to end at 181.70 and H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) was down 1.83% or 4.0 points to 215.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 429 to 310 and 76 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.89% or 0.46 to $51.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.88% or 0.51 to hit $57.31 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.23% or 16.09 to trade at $1286.91 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.35% to 9.5992, while USD/SEK rose 0.78% to 8.1675.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 93.48.