Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the gained 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the were Electrolux AB Class B (ST:), which rose 3.11% or 2.80 points to trade at 94.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Sinch AB (ST:) added 2.99% or 0.56 points to end at 19.27 and Boliden AB (ST:) was up 2.50% or 8.20 points to 336.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:), which fell 2.64% or 1.10 points to trade at 38.70 at the close. Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:) declined 2.30% or 3.30 points to end at 140.10 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:) was down 2.19% or 32.50 points to 1,454.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 414 to 345 and 72 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.83% or 0.64 to $76.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.83% or 0.67 to hit $80.34 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 3.66 to trade at $2,682.26 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was unchanged 0.01% to 11.52, while USD/SEK fell 0.36% to 11.20.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 109.28.
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