Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.63% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 2.09% or 0.88 points to trade at 42.96 at the close. AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) added 1.96% or 13.4 points to end at 695.7 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was up 1.57% or 4.00 points to 259.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb), which lost 1.27% or 3.9 points to trade at 302.8 in late trade. Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) declined 0.39% or 0.4 points to end at 98.0 and H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) shed 0.35% or 0.5 points to 131.9.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 332 to 252 and 66 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.99% or 0.68 to $69.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.33% or 0.98 to hit $74.73 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.38% or 4.60 to trade at $1222.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.01% to 10.3263, while USD/SEK fell 0.38% to 8.9045.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 94.90.