Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Industrials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa), which rose 2.34% or 4.8 points to trade at 210.2 at the close. Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) added 1.94% or 5.3 points to end at 279.0 and Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) was up 1.67% or 2.36 points to 143.66 in late trade.
Biggest losers included H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which lost 1.21% or 2.7 points to trade at 220.1 in late trade. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 0.81% or 0.30 points to end at 36.55 and Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb) shed 0.51% or 0.70 points to 137.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 386 to 318 and 85 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.06% or 0.53 to $49.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.41% or 0.74 to hit $51.90 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.43% or 5.44 to trade at $1262.66 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.46% to 9.7590, while USD/SEK rose 0.32% to 8.7287.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 97.25.