Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Basic Materials and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.81% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 2.60% or 1.21 points to trade at 47.81 at the close. ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) added 2.58% or 4.4 points to end at 176.8 and Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) was up 2.50% or 5.0 points to 205.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which lost 2.05% or 3.3 points to trade at 159.7 in late trade. Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) declined 1.64% or 0.27 points to end at 16.27 and Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) shed 1.42% or 3.40 points to 235.40.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 390 to 227 and 46 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.47% or 0.91 to $62.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.03% or 0.70 to hit $68.48 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.64% or 8.50 to trade at $1311.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.16% to 9.8271, while USD/SEK rose 0.54% to 8.2433.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 92.32.