Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Financials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 1.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken A (ST:SEBa), which rose 2.83% or 2.15 points to trade at 78.00 at the close. Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) added 2.74% or 7.5 points to end at 281.5 and Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) was up 2.59% or 4.5 points to 178.4 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVBs), which lost 1.65% or 3.7 points to trade at 221.0 in late trade. Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) declined 1.48% or 1.25 points to end at 83.25 and Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) shed 1.13% or 0.90 points to 78.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 288 to 274 and 44 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.98% or 0.47 to $48.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.46% or 0.22 to hit $48.57 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.64% or 20.55 to trade at $1230.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.94% to 9.2727, while USD/SEK fell 0.26% to 8.3209.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.38% at 95.59.