Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.50% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA), which rose 2.23% or 7.4 points to trade at 338.6 at the close. Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) added 1.96% or 5.1 points to end at 265.7 and Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA) was up 1.39% or 1.40 points to 102.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which lost 1.66% or 4.80 points to trade at 284.80 in late trade. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 1.00% or 0.49 points to end at 48.45 and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa) shed 0.98% or 1.00 points to 101.35.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 331 to 282 and 48 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.34% or 0.85 to $64.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.20% or 0.83 to hit $69.86 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.38% or 5.00 to trade at $1336.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.27% to 9.8583, while USD/SEK rose 0.07% to 8.0267.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 90.03.