Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb), which rose 7.43% or 81.0 points to trade at 1171.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) added 2.49% or 5.0 points to end at 205.8 and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) was up 1.09% or 0.60 points to 55.58 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 5.05% or 0.67 points to trade at 12.60 at the close. Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) declined 3.28% or 2.8 points to end at 83.8 and Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb) was down 1.27% or 2.05 points to 159.95.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 424 to 199 and 41 ended unchanged.
Shares in Autoliv Inc. SDB (ST:ALIVsdb) rose to all time highs; up 7.43% or 81.0 to 1171.0. Shares in Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) fell to 52-week lows; falling 5.05% or 0.67 to 12.60.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.88% or 1.23 to $64.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.36% or 0.94 to hit $68.26 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.70 to trade at $1338.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.09% to 9.7809, while USD/SEK rose 0.01% to 7.8932.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 89.09.