Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b), which rose 0.84% or 0.95 points to trade at 113.40 at the close. Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) added 0.61% or 1.10 points to end at 173.40 and Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA) was up 0.20% or 0.06 points to 30.61 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb), which lost 8.10% or 0.32 points to trade at 3.63 in late trade. Hexagon AB ser. B (ST:HEXAb) declined 2.15% or 2.40 points to end at 106.90 and Evolution AB (ST:EVOG) shed 1.80% or 16.80 points to 916.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 455 to 280 and 96 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.60% or 1.12 to $71.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.31% or 0.96 to hit $74.37 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 1.09% or 29.61 to trade at $2,679.79 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.08% to 11.52, while USD/SEK fell 0.35% to 10.98.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 106.70.