Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 1.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 6.57% or 2.23 points to trade at 36.18 at the close. Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) added 3.89% or 2.15 points to end at 57.40 and AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) was up 2.82% or 4.8 points to 175.3 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN), which lost 0.84% or 4.0 points to trade at 473.0 in late trade. Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) added 0.14% or 0.10 points to end at 72.70 and H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) gained 0.17% or 0.4 points to 235.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 338 to 265 and 72 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.35% or 0.71 to $53.46 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.85% or 0.47 to hit $55.70 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.26% or 3.15 to trade at $1212.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.00% to 9.5042, while USD/SEK rose 0.15% to 8.8403.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 100.11.