Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Hexagon AB ser. B (ST:HEXAb), which rose 1.88% or 9.1 points to trade at 492.7 at the close. Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb) added 1.20% or 3.7 points to end at 312.2 and Atlas Copco AB Series B (ST:ATCOb) was up 1.05% or 2.3 points to 221.8 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which lost 1.03% or 0.45 points to trade at 43.22 in late trade. H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) declined 0.97% or 1.4 points to end at 141.6 and Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA) shed 0.55% or 0.23 points to 41.72.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 388 to 231 and 59 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.20% or 0.15 to $73.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.55% or 0.43 to hit $78.50 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.29% or 3.60 to trade at $1256.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.08% to 10.2621, while USD/SEK rose 0.28% to 8.7518.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 93.99.