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 fell 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb), which rose 1.43% or 4.1 points to trade at 290.6 at the close. Meanwhile, Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) added 0.69% or 1.6 points to end at 234.9 and Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) was up 0.65% or 0.7 points to 107.7 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa), which fell 1.72% or 1.70 points to trade at 96.92 at the close. Boliden AB (ST:BOL) declined 1.50% or 3.40 points to end at 222.95 and H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) was down 1.21% or 1.5 points to 121.3.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 337 to 281 and 59 ended unchanged.
Shares in Boliden AB (ST:BOL) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.50% or 3.40 to 222.95.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.56% or 1.73 to $69.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.95% or 1.51 to hit $78.88 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 0.90 to trade at $1200.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.10% to 10.5036, while USD/SEK fell 0.03% to 9.0655.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 95.22.