Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Telecoms and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SAAB AB ser. B (ST:SAABb), which rose 3.54% or 7.70 points to trade at 223.60 at the close. Meanwhile, AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) added 2.16% or 34.00 points to end at 1,605.50 and ABB Ltd (ST:ABB) was up 1.64% or 9.60 points to 595.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:NIBEb), which fell 2.73% or 1.50 points to trade at 54.10 at the close. Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) declined 2.55% or 5.50 points to end at 209.80 and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa) was down 1.58% or 2.45 points to 152.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 471 to 298 and 76 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 3.99% or 2.72 to $70.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 3.68% or 2.64 to hit $74.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.97% or 25.80 to trade at $2,685.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.60% to 11.38, while USD/SEK rose 1.22% to 10.28.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 100.98.