Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.44% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 6.24% or 2.14 points to trade at 36.42 at the close. Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) added 4.95% or 8.00 points to end at 169.50 and Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) was up 2.25% or 1.85 points to 83.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which lost 2.41% or 12.1 points to trade at 490.9 in late trade. ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) declined 1.34% or 2.3 points to end at 169.9 and Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIBs) shed 0.89% or 1.3 points to 144.7.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 330 to 275 and 61 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.78% or 0.86 to $47.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.06% or 0.52 to hit $48.38 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.10% or 1.25 to trade at $1211.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.03% to 9.8035, while USD/SEK rose 0.09% to 9.2294.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 101.10.