Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 1.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Sinch AB (ST:SINCH), which rose 11.78% or 2.78 points to trade at 26.38 at the close. Electrolux AB Class B (ST:ELUXb) added 2.26% or 2.00 points to end at 92.40 and Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb) was up 1.99% or 5.90 points to 301.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which lost 8.82% or 30.20 points to trade at 312.30 in late trade. Evolution Gaming Group AB (ST:EVOG) declined 8.26% or 96.00 points to end at 1,066.50 and SAAB AB ser. B (ST:SAABb) shed 6.41% or 17.20 points to 250.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 498 to 275 and 79 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.85% or 1.50 to $79.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.52% or 1.29 to hit $83.82 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 2.07% or 50.75 to trade at $2,405.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.73% to 11.63, while USD/SEK rose 0.99% to 10.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 104.02.