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 added 0.83% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the were SAAB AB ser. B (ST:), which rose 3.19% or 7.10 points to trade at 229.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Electrolux AB Class B (ST:) added 2.75% or 2.80 points to end at 104.50 and NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:) was up 2.58% or 1.10 points to 43.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:), which fell 2.56% or 0.14 points to trade at 5.14 at the close. Boliden AB (ST:) declined 1.86% or 6.60 points to end at 348.60 and Evolution AB (ST:) was down 0.26% or 2.20 points to 840.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 459 to 297 and 71 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.77% or 1.37 to $76.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.07% or 0.86 to hit $79.29 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.35% or 9.66 to trade at $2,758.36 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.10% to 11.46, while USD/SEK fell 0.20% to 10.99.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.28% at 107.81.
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