Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 1.62% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE), which rose 4.87% or 7.30 points to trade at 157.20 at the close. Hennes & Mauritz AB, H & M ser. B (ST:HMb) added 4.77% or 12.0 points to end at 263.6 and Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) was up 2.93% or 6.0 points to 211.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which lost 3.24% or 1.12 points to trade at 33.40 in late trade. Nokia Oyj (ST:NOKIA) declined 3.19% or 1.24 points to end at 37.68 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) shed 1.93% or 4.50 points to 228.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 390 to 228 and 55 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 4.59% or 1.99 to $45.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 4.25% or 1.89 to hit $46.32 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.14% or 1.65 to trade at $1223.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.23% to 9.8536, while USD/SEK rose 0.40% to 9.1840.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 100.17.