Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb), which rose 4.67% or 0.31 points to trade at 6.90 at the close. Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) added 2.30% or 3.20 points to end at 142.50 and ABB Ltd (ST:ABB) was up 0.25% or 1.40 points to 565.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sinch AB (ST:SINCH), which lost 4.41% or 1.46 points to trade at 31.64 in late trade. Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) declined 2.43% or 6.20 points to end at 248.70 and Electrolux AB Class B (ST:ELUXb) shed 2.26% or 2.20 points to 97.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 400 to 372 and 71 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 4.31% or 2.96 to $65.75 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 3.74% or 2.69 to hit $69.15 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.29% or 7.45 to trade at $2,540.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.11% to 11.45, while USD/SEK rose 0.21% to 10.39.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 101.64.