Sweden Stock Market Overview

Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.85%.

Top Performers

The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were:
– Electrolux AB Class B (ST:ELUXb): rose 2.91% (2.70 points) to trade at 95.40 at the close.
– Evolution AB (ST:EVOG): added 0.67% (6.60 points) to end at 984.80.
– H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb): up 0.28% (0.50 points) to 163.90 in late trade.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– Sinch AB (ST:SINCH): fell 2.28% (0.50 points) to trade at 21.39 at the close.
– NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:NIBEb): declined 2.03% (1.00 points) to end at 46.40.
– Atlas Copco AB Series B (ST:ATCOb): down 1.92% (3.10 points) to 158.40.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 462 to 307, and 77 ended unchanged.

Commodity Prices

• Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.80% ($0.55) to $68.92 a barrel.
• Brent oil for February delivery rose 0.61% ($0.44) to hit $72.58 a barrel.
• February Gold Futures contract rose 1.18% ($31.69) to trade at $2,717.49 a troy ounce.

Currency Exchange Rates

• EUR/SEK was up 0.33% to 11.55.
• USD/SEK rose 0.70% to 10.99.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 106.19.