Sweden Stock Market Update

Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, with gains in the Industrials, Oil & Gas, and Basic Materials sectors leading the rise.

At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 1.00%.

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were:
– Boliden AB (ST:BOL): up 3.59% or 11.80 points to trade at 340.10
– H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb): up 3.19% or 4.90 points to end at 158.50
– AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN): up 2.38% or 35.00 points to reach 1,507.50

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– Sinch AB (ST:SINCH): down 3.08% or 0.62 points to trade at 19.54
– Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb): down 2.67% or 0.10 points to end at 3.64
– Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb): down 2.27% or 3.90 points to 168.20

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange with 391 to 380, and 71 ended unchanged.

Shares in Sinch AB (ST:SINCH) fell to 52-week lows at 19.54.

Commodities Update

• Crude oil for January delivery rose 3.04% or 2.07 to $70.17 a barrel.
• Brent oil for February delivery rose 2.74% or 1.97 to hit $73.80 a barrel.
• February Gold Futures contract rose 0.42% or 11.29 to trade at $2,669.79 a troy ounce.

Currency Update

• EUR/SEK was up 0.33% to 11.57.
• USD/SEK rose 0.12% to 11.00.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 106.23.