Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Industrials, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.77%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which rose 1.97% or 2.7 points to trade at 139.4 at the close. Meanwhile, Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) added 1.85% or 2.00 points to end at 110.25 and Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) was up 1.74% or 6.5 points to 379.9 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which fell 5.02% or 2.55 points to trade at 48.27 at the close. Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) declined 4.30% or 6.99 points to end at 155.41 and Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) was down 2.64% or 4.25 points to 157.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 336 to 271 and 66 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.85% or 2.00 to 110.25.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.12% or 0.08 to $68.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.12% or 0.09 to hit $74.80 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.49% or 6.50 to trade at $1330.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.10% to 10.4116, while USD/SEK fell 0.02% to 8.5178.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 90.63.