Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Industrials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.48% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb), which rose 7.66% or 10.25 points to trade at 144.05 at the close. Getinge AB ser. B (BS:GETIBs) added 7.16% or 11.2 points to end at 167.7 and SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) was up 3.64% or 1.41 points to 40.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which lost 6.61% or 18.40 points to trade at 260.00 in late trade. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson B (ST:ERICb) declined 2.85% or 1.63 points to end at 55.52 and Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) shed 1.49% or 4.4 points to 291.6.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 399 to 295 and 82 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.49% or 0.24 to $48.99 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.42% or 0.22 to hit $51.91 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.91% or 11.64 to trade at $1265.86 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.32% to 9.5971, while USD/SEK fell 0.99% to 8.7718.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 98.66.