Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 2.92% or 2.45 points to trade at 86.35 at the close. Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) added 2.57% or 3.5 points to end at 139.6 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was up 1.44% or 3.40 points to 240.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb), which lost 2.44% or 3.30 points to trade at 132.00 in late trade. Svenska Handelsbanken ser. A (ST:SHBa) declined 1.01% or 1.3 points to end at 127.5 and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken A (ST:SEBa) shed 1.01% or 0.95 points to 93.05.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 323 to 280 and 67 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.12% or 0.06 to $48.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $49.11 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.92% or 23.25 to trade at $1187.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.07% to 9.7891, while USD/SEK rose 0.61% to 9.2749.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.61% at 101.71.