Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken A (ST:SEBa), which rose 1.42% or 1.20 points to trade at 85.95 at the close. Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) added 1.41% or 1.00 points to end at 72.15 and Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) was up 1.37% or 1.32 points to 97.47 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb), which lost 3.32% or 7.3 points to trade at 212.5 in late trade. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 1.75% or 0.47 points to end at 26.43 and Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) shed 1.54% or 1.45 points to 92.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 324 to 254 and 74 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 3.69% or 1.68 to $47.18 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 3.42% or 1.64 to hit $49.62 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.45% or 6.05 to trade at $1343.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.25% to 9.5140, while USD/SEK rose 0.08% to 8.4505.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 95.01.