Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.91%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which rose 2.47% or 5.60 points to trade at 232.70 at the close. Meanwhile, SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) added 1.85% or 0.70 points to end at 38.64 and Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) was up 0.54% or 0.90 points to 166.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AB SKF B (ST:SKFb), which fell 3.82% or 6.9 points to trade at 173.5 at the close. Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) declined 2.09% or 5.10 points to end at 239.00 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) was down 2.04% or 12.5 points to 599.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 428 to 275 and 85 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.96% or 0.85 to $44.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 2.04% or 0.94 to hit $46.98 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 0.69 to trade at $1247.09 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.00% to 9.7509, while USD/SEK fell 1.28% to 8.6092.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.86% at 96.27.