Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.83% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA), which rose 3.47% or 10.0 points to trade at 298.4 at the close. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) added 2.94% or 1.08 points to end at 37.78 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) was up 2.43% or 13.0 points to 548.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which lost 1.13% or 0.36 points to trade at 31.57 in late trade. Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb) declined 0.14% or 0.20 points to end at 138.20 and H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) shed 0.09% or 0.2 points to 219.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 408 to 297 and 81 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.80% or 0.37 to $46.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.75% or 0.37 to hit $48.97 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.74% or 9.06 to trade at $1218.04 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.08% to 9.6690, while USD/SEK rose 0.50% to 8.8890.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 99.45.