Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Industrials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were AB SKF B (ST:SKFb), which rose 1.68% or 2.8 points to trade at 166.3 at the close. H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) added 1.54% or 2.1 points to end at 138.5 and Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) was up 1.29% or 2.7 points to 211.3 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb), which lost 1.83% or 3.6 points to trade at 195.8 in late trade. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 1.48% or 0.62 points to end at 41.17 and ABB Ltd (ST:ABB) shed 1.42% or 2.8 points to 190.6.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 308 to 307 and 54 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.49% or 0.36 to $73.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.21% or 0.16 to hit $77.14 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.33% or 16.50 to trade at $1258.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 1.38% to 10.2908, while USD/SEK fell 1.48% to 8.8323.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 94.38.