Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb), which rose 1.13% or 1.60 points to trade at 143.60 at the close. Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) added 1.05% or 1.20 points to end at 115.30 and Nokia Oyj (ST:NOKIA) was up 1.01% or 0.45 points to 45.14 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which lost 1.51% or 1.00 points to trade at 65.20 in late trade. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) added 0.03% or 0.01 points to end at 35.49 and Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA) gained 0.10% or 0.10 points to 102.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 387 to 221 and 65 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.57% or 0.83 to $53.85 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.43% or 0.80 to hit $56.70 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.38% or 4.35 to trade at $1137.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.27% to 9.6522, while USD/SEK rose 0.27% to 9.2300.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 103.03.