Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil&Gas, Technology and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Hexagon AB ser. B (ST:HEXAb), which rose 1.88% or 9.1 points to trade at 492.7 at the close. Meanwhile, Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb) added 1.20% or 3.7 points to end at 312.2 and Atlas Copco AB Series B (ST:ATCOb) was up 1.05% or 2.3 points to 221.8 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which fell 1.03% or 0.45 points to trade at 43.22 at the close. H&M Hennes&Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) declined 0.97% or 1.4 points to end at 141.6 and Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA) was down 0.55% or 0.23 points to 41.72.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 388 to 231 and 59 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.20% or 0.15 to $73.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.55% or 0.43 to hit $78.50 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.29% or 3.70 to trade at $1255.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.08% to 10.2621, while USD/SEK rose 0.28% to 8.7516.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 93.99.
