Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Healthcare and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 2.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Nokia Oyj (ST:NOKIA), which rose 5.63% or 2.42 points to trade at 45.44 at the close. Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA) added 5.41% or 1.93 points to end at 37.62 and Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) was up 5.10% or 3.80 points to 78.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which lost 1.64% or 0.31 points to trade at 18.57 in late trade. ABB Ltd (ST:ABB) unchanged 0.00% or 0.0 points to end at 164.2 and Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) gained 1.22% or 1.5 points to 124.3.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 479 to 109 and 44 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.79% or 0.83 to $47.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.63% or 0.78 to hit $48.55 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.51% or 6.70 to trade at $1318.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.08% to 9.4379, while USD/SEK fell 0.15% to 8.5448.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 96.42.