Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Telecoms and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb), which rose 0.98% or 2.5 points to trade at 257.3 at the close. AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) added 0.72% or 1.2 points to end at 167.6 and Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) was up 0.71% or 1.40 points to 198.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Getinge AB ser. B (BS:GETIBs), which lost 1.28% or 1.9 points to trade at 146.6 in late trade. Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) declined 0.79% or 1.2 points to end at 150.8 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) shed 0.78% or 3.9 points to 497.1.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 335 to 247 and 87 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.15% or 0.08 to $53.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.21% or 0.12 to hit $56.73 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.06% or 0.65 to trade at $1157.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.23% to 9.5845, while USD/SEK fell 0.44% to 9.0816.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.49% at 102.16.