Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Healthcare and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb), which rose 2.27% or 5.2 points to trade at 234.4 at the close. Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) added 1.33% or 1.45 points to end at 110.75 and ABB Ltd (ST:ABB) was up 0.90% or 1.8 points to 201.8 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which lost 2.55% or 1.60 points to trade at 61.05 in late trade. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson B (ST:ERICb) declined 1.65% or 0.88 points to end at 52.42 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) shed 1.28% or 6.5 points to 503.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 305 to 294 and 75 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.65% or 0.33 to $51.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.61% or 0.33 to hit $54.25 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 1.07% or 12.95 to trade at $1199.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.27% to 9.5429, while USD/SEK rose 0.33% to 8.9820.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 101.45.