Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Basic Materials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b), which rose 1.54% or 2.00 points to trade at 132.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) added 1.36% or 1.85 points to end at 138.00 and Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) was up 0.98% or 2.80 points to 287.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA), which fell 1.99% or 9.2 points to trade at 453.3 at the close. Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) declined 1.50% or 1.46 points to end at 95.74 and Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) was down 1.28% or 1.8 points to 138.8.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 336 to 294 and 64 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) rose to 5-year highs; up 1.54% or 2.00 to 132.05. Shares in Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) rose to all time highs; rising 0.98% or 2.80 to 287.90.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.89% or 0.52 to $59.15 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.20% or 0.14 to hit $68.63 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.46% or 5.85 to trade at $1277.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.22% to 10.7017, while USD/SEK rose 0.01% to 9.5803.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 97.800.