Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.85% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 6.03% or 3.50 points to trade at 61.50 at the close. ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) added 3.48% or 5.8 points to end at 172.7 and Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb) was up 2.13% or 2.90 points to 138.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which lost 2.98% or 1.17 points to trade at 38.11 in late trade. SKF, AB ser. B (ST:SKFb) declined 2.01% or 3.5 points to end at 170.8 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) shed 1.39% or 3.50 points to 249.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 295 to 245 and 68 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.09% or 0.05 to $52.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $55.70 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.68% or 7.95 to trade at $1157.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.08% to 9.7393, while USD/SEK fell 0.07% to 9.1576.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 101.00.