Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 3.52% or 1.95 points to trade at 57.35 at the close. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson B (ST:ERICb) added 0.98% or 0.50 points to end at 51.55 and Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) was up 0.91% or 2.1 points to 232.1 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE), which lost 1.54% or 3.10 points to trade at 198.40 in late trade. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 1.10% or 0.44 points to end at 39.69 and Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) shed 1.05% or 3.0 points to 283.1.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 364 to 312 and 84 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.23% or 0.12 to $53.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.38% or 0.21 to hit $55.80 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 0.75 to trade at $1225.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.19% to 9.4568, while USD/SEK rose 0.04% to 8.9435.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 101.28.