Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Financials and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Hexagon AB ser. B (ST:HEXAb), which rose 2.46% or 2.70 points to trade at 110.60 at the close. NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:NIBEb) added 1.41% or 0.80 points to end at 56.20 and Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb) was up 1.30% or 1.10 points to 83.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb), which lost 3.65% or 0.28 points to trade at 7.44 in late trade. Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA) declined 3.55% or 1.20 points to end at 32.62 and Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) shed 1.69% or 1.80 points to 104.75.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 379 to 373 and 93 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.58% or 0.39 to $68.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.42% or 0.30 to hit $71.39 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.88% or 23.60 to trade at $2,671.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.28% to 11.27, while USD/SEK fell 0.11% to 10.10.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 100.20.