Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.28% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Hexagon AB ser. B (ST:HEXAb), which rose 5.39% or 27.4 points to trade at 536.2 at the close. AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) added 2.06% or 13.8 points to end at 685.3 and AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) was up 1.40% or 2.5 points to 180.8 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b), which lost 2.20% or 2.65 points to trade at 118.05 in late trade. H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) declined 1.78% or 2.5 points to end at 136.8 and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) shed 1.53% or 1.07 points to 68.89.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 334 to 295 and 61 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.70% or 1.19 to $68.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.06% or 0.80 to hit $74.75 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 1.50 to trade at $1222.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.42% to 10.2880, while USD/SEK rose 0.45% to 8.7907.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 94.28.