Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Financials and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb), which rose 2.21% or 4.9 points to trade at 226.8 at the close. Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) added 1.52% or 1.1 points to end at 74.9 and Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) was up 1.37% or 5.3 points to 392.8 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa), which lost 1.54% or 1.54 points to trade at 98.36 in late trade. Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) declined 1.38% or 2.8 points to end at 200.0 and Atlas Copco AB Series B (ST:ATCOb) shed 1.36% or 2.8 points to 203.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 336 to 294 and 49 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.42% or 1.22 to $51.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.86% or 1.10 to hit $60.09 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.25% or 3.25 to trade at $1288.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.37% to 10.2267, while USD/SEK rose 0.31% to 8.9742.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.56% at 95.743.