Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.69% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Svenska Handelsbanken ser. A (ST:SHBa), which rose 2.54% or 3.0 points to trade at 121.0 at the close. Meanwhile, AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) added 1.10% or 6.0 points to end at 552.0 and Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) was up 0.38% or 0.9 points to 234.9 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which fell 3.62% or 5.50 points to trade at 146.60 at the close. Nokia Oyj (ST:NOKI) declined 2.88% or 1.60 points to end at 53.90 and SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) was down 2.64% or 1.10 points to 40.63.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 271 to 162 and 2 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.43% or 0.76 to $52.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.69% or 0.40 to hit $56.77 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.90% or 10.50 to trade at $1156.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.13% to 9.3648, while USD/SEK rose 1.10% to 8.5528.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.82% at 97.22.