Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Telecoms and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVBs), which rose 0.85% or 2.3 points to trade at 274.0 at the close. ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) added 0.81% or 1.3 points to end at 162.0 and Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIBs) was up 0.78% or 1.6 points to 205.8 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hennes & Mauritz AB, H & M ser. B (ST:HMb), which lost 3.21% or 10.9 points to trade at 329.0 in late trade. Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) declined 1.83% or 4.9 points to end at 263.4 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) shed 1.54% or 8.5 points to 544.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 251 to 181 and 3 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.76% or 0.46 to $59.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.48% or 0.30 to hit $63.19 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.03% or 0.30 to trade at $1172.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.05% to 9.2316, while USD/SEK rose 0.09% to 8.2468.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 95.45.