Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.98%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 2.08% or 0.99 points to trade at 48.48 at the close. Meanwhile, Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) added 0.22% or 0.6 points to end at 271.7 and Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) was up 0.28% or 0.3 points to 107.3 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb), which fell 2.43% or 2.1 points to trade at 84.4 at the close. Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa) declined 1.56% or 1.54 points to end at 96.92 and Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) was down 1.50% or 0.15 points to 9.93.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 366 to 260 and 45 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.04% or 0.64 to $60.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.42% or 0.27 to hit $64.68 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.52% or 6.90 to trade at $1327.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.03% to 10.1686, while USD/SEK fell 0.47% to 8.1997.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 89.61.