Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Industrials, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa), which rose 1.19% or 1.3 points to trade at 111.0 at the close. Meanwhile, SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) added 1.02% or 0.46 points to end at 45.42 and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) was up 0.99% or 0.52 points to 53.02 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 3.90% or 0.39 points to trade at 9.66 at the close. Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) declined 1.73% or 4.6 points to end at 260.8 and ABB Ltd (ST:ABB) was down 1.59% or 3.2 points to 195.1.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 336 to 267 and 51 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.90% or 0.39 to 9.66.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.40% or 0.24 to $59.05 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.19% or 0.12 to hit $62.47 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 4.10 to trade at $1330.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.09% to 9.9216, while USD/SEK fell 0.45% to 8.0282.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 89.56.