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Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Financials and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 1.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SAAB AB ser. B (ST:SAABb), which rose 0.27% or 1.30 points to trade at 463.40 at the close. Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (ST:SBBb) fell 0.26% or 0.01 points to end at 5.28 and ABB Ltd (ST:ABB) was down 0.33% or 1.80 points to 549.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sinch AB (ST:SINCH), which lost 5.36% or 1.40 points to trade at 24.71 in late trade. Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb) declined 3.42% or 2.80 points to end at 80.10 and Atlas Copco AB Class A (ST:ATCOa) shed 3.30% or 5.40 points to 158.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 545 to 222 and 65 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.25% or 0.77 to $60.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.36% or 0.88 to hit $64.03 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.67% or 22.19 to trade at $3,291.31 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.24% to 10.86, while USD/SEK rose 0.68% to 9.63.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 99.80.