Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrials, Consumer Goods and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.19% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb), which rose 5.61% or 0.23 points to trade at 4.33 at the close. SAAB AB ser. B (ST:SAABb) added 3.89% or 8.80 points to end at 235.20 and Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) was up 2.53% or 4.40 points to 178.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Evolution AB (ST:EVOG), which lost 10.14% or 92.80 points to trade at 822.40 in late trade. H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) declined 1.26% or 1.90 points to end at 149.00 and Atlas Copco AB Class A (ST:ATCOa) shed 0.82% or 1.40 points to 168.70.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.16% or 0.11 to $69.99 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.12% or 0.09 to hit $73.08 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.48% or 12.69 to trade at $2,648.19 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.09% to 11.51, while USD/SEK fell 0.24% to 11.04.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 107.89.