Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Materials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 1.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 3.05% or 1.52 points to trade at 51.36 at the close. Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) added 3.00% or 11.0 points to end at 377.4 and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) was up 2.92% or 1.56 points to 54.94 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which lost 0.32% or 1.9 points to trade at 600.8 in late trade. Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) added 0.10% or 0.10 points to end at 104.90 and Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) gained 0.12% or 0.01 points to 8.08.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 385 to 221 and 65 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.08% or 0.05 to $66.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $71.41 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.25% or 3.40 to trade at $1347.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.34% to 10.3843, while USD/SEK fell 0.03% to 8.4144.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 89.35.