Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.41% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 1.07% or 0.48 points to trade at 45.21 at the close. AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) added 0.90% or 5.0 points to end at 561.5 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was up 0.68% or 1.90 points to 282.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b), which lost 1.44% or 1.50 points to trade at 102.50 in late trade. Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) declined 1.44% or 0.23 points to end at 15.71 and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) shed 1.19% or 0.65 points to 54.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 310 to 293 and 65 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.13% or 0.08 to $59.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.24% or 0.16 to hit $65.83 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.39% or 5.10 to trade at $1296.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.12% to 9.8570, while USD/SEK fell 0.34% to 8.2460.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 92.31.