Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Healthcare and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 2.54% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE), which fell 0.09% or 0.10 points to trade at 110.80 at the close. Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) fell 0.79% or 0.75 points to end at 93.75 and SKF, AB ser. B (ST:SKFb) was down 1.04% or 1.7 points to 161.4 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which lost 7.61% or 11.40 points to trade at 138.50 in late trade. AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) declined 4.22% or 23.5 points to end at 534.0 and Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb) shed 3.70% or 6.40 points to 166.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 386 to 51 and 5 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.71% or 1.12 to $40.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 2.58% or 1.21 to hit $45.41 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.50% or 5.80 to trade at $1159.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.67% to 9.5131, while USD/SEK fell 1.66% to 8.3775.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.79% at 95.01.