Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA), which rose 3.50% or 15.7 points to trade at 464.5 at the close. Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) added 2.32% or 4.2 points to end at 185.2 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was up 2.00% or 3.96 points to 202.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb), which lost 3.88% or 30.8 points to trade at 763.4 in late trade. Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) declined 1.94% or 2.05 points to end at 103.65 and Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) shed 1.89% or 1.6 points to 83.1.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 333 to 286 and 59 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.72% or 0.48 to $66.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.05% or 0.81 to hit $76.53 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.51% or 6.30 to trade at $1226.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.01% to 10.4067, while USD/SEK rose 0.07% to 9.1585.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 96.63.