Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Consumer Goods and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which rose 2.69% or 6.50 points to trade at 247.90 at the close. AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) added 0.54% or 3.8 points to end at 702.1 and Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) was up 0.49% or 0.9 points to 196.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b), which lost 3.25% or 3.60 points to trade at 107.00 in late trade. Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) declined 3.08% or 7.10 points to end at 223.40 and Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) shed 1.79% or 4.4 points to 241.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 342 to 299 and 45 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.75% or 1.26 to $73.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.03% or 1.65 to hit $83.03 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.77% or 9.20 to trade at $1196.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.12% to 10.3206, while USD/SEK rose 0.27% to 8.8793.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 94.63.