Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Consumer Services and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb), which rose 1.61% or 17.5 points to trade at 1101.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) added 1.07% or 1.71 points to end at 161.56 and ABB Ltd (ST:ABB) was up 0.85% or 1.9 points to 226.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 2.57% or 0.44 points to trade at 16.71 at the close. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 1.99% or 0.96 points to end at 47.38 and Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) was down 1.68% or 3.3 points to 196.2.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 378 to 234 and 46 ended unchanged.
Shares in Autoliv Inc. SDB (ST:ALIVsdb) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.61% or 17.5 to 1101.5.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.89% or 0.57 to $63.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.59% or 1.12 to hit $69.14 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $1334.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.22% to 9.8484, while USD/SEK rose 0.39% to 8.0447.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 90.36.