Sweden stocks higher at close of trade; OMX Stockholm 30 up 0.24%

Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials , Oil & Gas and Technology sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.24%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Boliden AB (ST:BOL ), which rose 5.68% or 17.50 points to trade at 325.50 at the close. Meanwhile, NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:NIBEb ) added 4.90% or 2.40 points to end at 50.90 and Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb ) was up 1.96% or 2.80 points to 146.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were SAAB AB ser. B (ST:SAABb ), which fell 9.27% or 21.50 points to trade at 210.40 at the close. Sinch AB (ST:SINCH ) declined 4.85% or 1.58 points to end at 31.02 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN ) was down 0.92% or 14.50 points to 1,562.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 439 to 336 and 73 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.38% or 0.97 to $71.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.42% or 1.04 to hit $74.25 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.80% or 21.10 to trade at $2,673.60 a troy ounce.

EUR/SEK was down 0.29% to 11.29, while USD/SEK fell 0.68% to 10.12.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 100.28.

Source: Investing.com