Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Evolution AB (ST:EVOG), which rose 14.93% or 142.30 points to trade at 1,095.50 at the close. Electrolux AB Class B (ST:ELUXb) added 4.02% or 4.00 points to end at 103.90 and Sinch AB (ST:SINCH) was up 1.92% or 0.54 points to 28.72 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa), which lost 5.49% or 8.70 points to trade at 149.80 in late trade. Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) declined 2.77% or 3.90 points to end at 137.10 and Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) shed 2.34% or 5.10 points to 212.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 389 to 373 and 77 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.33% or 0.94 to $69.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.20% or 0.90 to hit $74.06 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 12.05 to trade at $2,741.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.25% to 11.44, while USD/SEK unchanged 0.03% to 10.58.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 104.06.