Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb), which rose 8.61% or 0.41 points to trade at 5.15 at the close. AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) added 1.44% or 3.00 points to end at 211.90 and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa) was up 1.38% or 2.10 points to 154.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which lost 12.97% or 25.30 points to trade at 169.40 in late trade. NIBE Industrier AB ser. B (ST:NIBEb) declined 2.49% or 1.20 points to end at 45.50 and Electrolux AB Class B (ST:ELUXb) shed 1.94% or 1.80 points to 88.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 425 to 341 and 88 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.48% or 0.39 to $81.29 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.39% or 0.33 to hit $84.80 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.08% or 25.00 to trade at $2,338.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.68% to 11.37, while USD/SEK rose 0.39% to 10.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 105.53.