Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb), which rose 0.90% or 1.20 points to trade at 135.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) added 0.86% or 2.00 points to end at 233.50 and Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) was up 0.75% or 2.2 points to 294.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 3.54% or 0.82 points to trade at 22.33 at the close. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) declined 2.06% or 0.99 points to end at 47.01 and AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) was down 1.37% or 2.4 points to 172.7.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 403 to 310 and 97 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.68% or 1.33 to $50.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.77% or 0.99 to hit $56.78 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.64% or 8.24 to trade at $1293.24 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.06% to 9.5340, while USD/SEK fell 0.56% to 8.0801.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 93.08.
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