Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Evolution AB (ST:EVOG), which rose 1.07% or 9.80 points to trade at 923.20 at the close. Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) added 0.29% or 0.80 points to end at 275.70 and Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) was up 0.24% or 0.50 points to 205.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SAAB AB ser. B (ST:SAABb), which lost 4.11% or 9.60 points to trade at 223.70 in late trade. Sinch AB (ST:SINCH) declined 3.83% or 0.84 points to end at 21.07 and Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) shed 1.52% or 2.70 points to 171.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 511 to 266 and 68 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 2.08% or 1.47 to $69.24 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.39% or 1.03 to hit $72.88 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.52% or 13.94 to trade at $2,656.06 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.51% to 11.49, while USD/SEK rose 0.48% to 10.93.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 106.49.