Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA), which rose 1.74% or 5.6 points to trade at 327.8 at the close. Meanwhile, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) added 1.29% or 0.68 points to end at 53.33 and Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) was up 0.80% or 2.2 points to 278.4 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE), which fell 2.23% or 4.40 points to trade at 192.50 at the close. Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) declined 1.91% or 2.9 points to end at 148.7 and Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) was down 1.15% or 2.3 points to 197.2.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 388 to 233 and 52 ended unchanged.
Shares in Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) rose to all time highs; rising 1.74% or 5.6 to 327.8.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.09% or 0.05 to $57.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.40% or 0.25 to hit $62.70 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.88% or 11.20 to trade at $1266.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.81% to 9.9107, while USD/SEK fell 0.38% to 8.3849.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 93.32.