Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Healthcare and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb), which rose 3.61% or 6.0 points to trade at 172.3 at the close. Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) added 1.50% or 2.6 points to end at 176.5 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was up 1.31% or 1.80 points to 139.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken A (ST:SEBa), which lost 3.90% or 3.20 points to trade at 78.85 in late trade. Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVBs) declined 2.97% or 7.6 points to end at 248.1 and Atlas Copco AB ser. A (ST:ATCOa) shed 2.51% or 5.4 points to 209.6.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 287 to 277 and 44 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.68% or 0.30 to $44.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.88% or 0.40 to hit $45.98 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.62% or 7.65 to trade at $1251.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.24% to 9.1528, while USD/SEK fell 0.48% to 8.0829.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 94.37.