Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrials, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.99% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which rose 2.42% or 4.50 points to trade at 188.60 at the close. AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) added 1.30% or 21.50 points to end at 1,675.50 and Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) was up 1.12% or 1.11 points to 100.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA), which lost 3.47% or 16.70 points to trade at 464.60 in late trade. Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb) declined 3.43% or 0.20 points to end at 5.60 and Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb) shed 3.32% or 39.40 points to 1,146.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 550 to 229 and 72 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.10% or 0.08 to $78.54 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.06% or 0.05 to hit $82.70 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.20% or 27.85 to trade at $2,345.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.29% to 11.27, while USD/SEK rose 0.67% to 10.53.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 105.21.