Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 1.53%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA), which rose 0.10% or 0.04 points to trade at 42.05 at the close. Meanwhile, AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) added 0.08% or 0.6 points to end at 722.0 and Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) was down 0.13% or 0.30 points to 230.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb), which fell 4.20% or 5.53 points to trade at 126.22 at the close. Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) declined 4.18% or 3.2 points to end at 72.9 and Atlas Copco AB Class A (ST:ATCOa) was down 2.89% or 6.7 points to 223.2.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 441 to 188 and 47 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.13% or 0.07 to $52.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.37% or 0.23 to hit $61.92 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 2.90 to trade at $1242.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.11% to 10.2231, while USD/SEK rose 0.09% to 9.0216.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 96.975.