Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Financials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb), which rose 2.21% or 4.9 points to trade at 226.8 at the close. Meanwhile, Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) added 1.52% or 1.1 points to end at 74.9 and Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) was up 1.37% or 5.3 points to 392.8 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa), which fell 1.54% or 1.54 points to trade at 98.36 at the close. Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) declined 1.38% or 2.8 points to end at 200.0 and Atlas Copco AB Series B (ST:ATCOb) was down 1.36% or 2.8 points to 203.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 336 to 294 and 49 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.42% or 1.22 to $51.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.86% or 1.10 to hit $60.09 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.25% or 3.25 to trade at $1288.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.37% to 10.2269, while USD/SEK rose 0.31% to 8.9743.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.56% at 95.738.