Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Telecoms and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 1.19% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb), which rose 3.59% or 0.21 points to trade at 6.03 at the close. Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb) added 0.28% or 0.30 points to end at 89.10 and Investor AB ser. B (ST:INVEb) was up 0.16% or 0.50 points to 290.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SAAB AB ser. B (ST:SAABb), which lost 4.28% or 11.00 points to trade at 245.80 in late trade. Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) declined 3.14% or 7.00 points to end at 215.60 and Electrolux AB Class B (ST:ELUXb) shed 2.93% or 2.60 points to 85.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 409 to 353 and 90 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.29% or 0.24 to $83.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.07% or 0.06 to hit $86.54 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.32% or 7.45 to trade at $2,331.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.08% to 11.40, while USD/SEK rose 0.13% to 10.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 105.52.