Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials , Technology and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 added 0.40%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Swedbank AB ser A (ST: SWEDa ), which rose 1.82% or 4.70 points to trade at 263.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Electrolux AB Class B (ST: ELUXb ) added 1.62% or 1.40 points to end at 88.90 and Atlas Copco AB Class A (ST: ATCOa ) was up 1.40% or 2.40 points to 169.90 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST: NIBEb ), which fell 4.84% or 2.10 points to trade at 40.90 at the close. Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST: SBBb ) declined 1.86% or 0.07 points to end at 3.49 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST: AZN ) was down 1.66% or 25.00 points to 1,477.50.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 418 to 324 and 85 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.35% or 0.24 to $68.87 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.21% or 0.15 to hit $72.22 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.42% or 12.89 to trade at $3,056.89 a troy ounce.

EUR/SEK was down 0.67% to 10.82, while USD/SEK fell 0.80% to 10.01.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 103.71.