Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.69% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA), which rose 2.83% or 11.3 points to trade at 410.0 at the close. Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) added 1.76% or 2.72 points to end at 157.57 and Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) was up 1.55% or 2.40 points to 157.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb), which lost 0.99% or 2.3 points to trade at 230.5 in late trade. Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA) declined 0.31% or 0.28 points to end at 88.76 and Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) shed 0.23% or 0.2 points to 87.4.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 340 to 282 and 53 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.57% or 1.82 to $68.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 2.06% or 1.57 to hit $74.60 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 2.90 to trade at $1311.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.75% to 10.4572, while USD/SEK fell 0.29% to 8.8103.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 92.93.