Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil&Gas, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.09% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb), which rose 6.44% or 7.5 points to trade at 124.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb) added 2.18% or 3.50 points to end at 163.75 and Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) was up 2.17% or 5.2 points to 245.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which fell 3.05% or 1.14 points to trade at 36.23 at the close. Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) declined 1.50% or 2.25 points to end at 147.75 and H&M Hennes&Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) was down 1.29% or 2.2 points to 165.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 335 to 315 and 64 ended unchanged.
Shares in Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) rose to 52-week highs; rising 6.44% or 7.5 to 124.0. Shares in Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb) rose to all time highs; rising 2.18% or 3.50 to 163.75.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.05% or 0.69 to $66.24 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.46% or 0.34 to hit $74.38 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.38% or 4.85 to trade at $1272.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.26% to 10.5026, while USD/SEK rose 0.67% to 9.3674.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 97.328.
