Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology , Consumer Services and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Sinch AB (ST: SINCH ), which rose 1.82% or 0.45 points to trade at 25.18 at the close. Meanwhile, AstraZeneca PLC (ST: AZN ) added 1.74% or 23.50 points to end at 1,370.50 and AB SKF B (ST: SKFb ) was up 1.56% or 3.20 points to 208.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Volvo, AB ser. B (ST: VOLVb ), which fell 0.89% or 2.40 points to trade at 268.20 at the close. Electrolux AB Class B (ST: ELUXb ) declined 0.67% or 0.40 points to end at 62.70 and Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST: SCAb ) was down 0.57% or 0.80 points to 131.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 389 to 374 and 68 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.50% or 0.92 to $60.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.29% or 0.83 to hit $63.29 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 2.17% or 73.81 to trade at $3,320.69 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.69% to 10.90, while USD/SEK rose 1.22% to 9.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.63% at 99.49.