Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.90% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which rose 0.63% or 1.50 points to trade at 240.75 at the close. Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) added 0.17% or 0.18 points to end at 104.88 and Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) was up 0.05% or 0.2 points to 438.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb), which lost 2.65% or 5.0 points to trade at 182.0 in late trade. Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) declined 2.09% or 2.0 points to end at 92.0 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) shed 1.79% or 12.1 points to 665.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 320 to 319 and 55 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.07% or 0.05 to $70.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.70% or 0.56 to hit $79.70 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.33% or 4.00 to trade at $1223.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.35% to 10.3676, while USD/SEK fell 0.14% to 8.9648.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 94.89.