Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Technology and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which rose 4.36% or 5.8 points to trade at 138.0 at the close. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) added 2.85% or 1.94 points to end at 69.94 and Nordea Bank AB (ST:NDA) was up 2.08% or 1.74 points to 85.38 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sandvik AB (ST:SAND), which lost 2.06% or 3.20 points to trade at 152.30 in late trade. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 2.03% or 0.94 points to end at 45.44 and Atlas Copco AB Class A (ST:ATCOa) shed 1.93% or 5.3 points to 269.7.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 376 to 249 and 54 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.72% or 1.13 to $64.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.70% or 0.53 to hit $74.81 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.16% or 2.10 to trade at $1278.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.67% to 10.3117, while USD/SEK rose 1.08% to 8.9085.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 94.72.