Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.69% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Svenska Handelsbanken ser. A (ST:SHBa), which rose 2.54% or 3.0 points to trade at 121.0 at the close. AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) added 1.10% or 6.0 points to end at 552.0 and Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) was up 0.38% or 0.9 points to 234.9 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which lost 3.62% or 5.50 points to trade at 146.60 in late trade. Nokia Oyj (ST:NOKI) declined 2.88% or 1.60 points to end at 53.90 and SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) shed 2.64% or 1.10 points to 40.63.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 271 to 162 and 2 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.45% or 0.77 to $52.24 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.69% or 0.40 to hit $56.77 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.95% or 11.10 to trade at $1155.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.13% to 9.3649, while USD/SEK rose 1.11% to 8.5537.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.82% at 97.22.