Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.93%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb), which rose 1.82% or 1.7 points to trade at 96.0 at the close. Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) added 1.09% or 1.18 points to end at 109.03 and Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) was up 0.66% or 1.50 points to 227.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which lost 4.19% or 10.75 points to trade at 245.80 in late trade. Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) declined 4.18% or 6.65 points to end at 152.40 and SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) shed 3.57% or 1.46 points to 39.38.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 396 to 241 and 48 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 3.46% or 2.32 to $64.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 2.62% or 1.90 to hit $70.56 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.49% or 17.90 to trade at $1182.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.78% to 10.4541, while USD/SEK rose 0.88% to 9.2246.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 96.67.