Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa), which rose 2.33% or 2.25 points to trade at 98.90 at the close. Boliden AB (ST:BOL) added 1.75% or 4.20 points to end at 244.20 and SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) was up 1.69% or 0.59 points to 35.59 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb), which lost 1.76% or 4.0 points to trade at 223.3 in late trade. H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) declined 0.79% or 2.0 points to end at 251.6 and Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb) shed 0.76% or 8.0 points to 1048.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 329 to 286 and 60 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.71% or 0.92 to $52.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.58% or 0.90 to hit $55.92 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.82% or 9.50 to trade at $1161.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.15% to 9.5403, while USD/SEK rose 0.26% to 9.1625.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.79% at 103.18.