Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 2.10% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVBs), which rose 4.99% or 11.9 points to trade at 250.6 at the close. Atlas Copco AB ser. A (ST:ATCOa) added 4.80% or 10.0 points to end at 218.2 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was up 4.38% or 5.80 points to 138.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which lost 2.74% or 0.88 points to trade at 31.22 in late trade. Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) declined 0.97% or 5.50 points to end at 562.50 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) gained 0.37% or 1.8 points to 489.9.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 381 to 169 and 61 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 3.20% or 1.32 to $42.51 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 2.80% or 1.20 to hit $44.11 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.74% or 21.50 to trade at $1256.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.07% to 9.1888, while USD/SEK fell 0.43% to 8.0800.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.50% at 93.98.