Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Basic Materials and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.81%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 5.40% or 24.20 points to trade at 472.10 at the close. Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) added 0.22% or 0.20 points to end at 89.10 and Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) was up 0.07% or 0.10 points to 137.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA), which lost 2.92% or 4.0 points to trade at 132.9 in late trade. Nokia Oyj (ST:NOKIA) declined 2.25% or 1.11 points to end at 48.23 and Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb) shed 2.25% or 3.10 points to 134.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 269 to 265 and 63 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.91% or 0.35 to $38.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.22% or 0.49 to hit $40.54 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.70% or 8.60 to trade at $1237.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.05% to 9.2212, while USD/SEK fell 0.39% to 8.0990.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 94.54.