Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which rose 1.15% or 1.60 points to trade at 140.20 at the close. Sandvik AB (ST:SAND) added 0.92% or 0.75 points to end at 82.15 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) was up 0.74% or 3.5 points to 474.9 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which lost 2.65% or 14.50 points to trade at 532.50 in late trade. Hennes & Mauritz AB, H & M ser. B (ST:HMb) declined 1.58% or 4.2 points to end at 261.5 and Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb) shed 1.40% or 2.50 points to 175.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 300 to 257 and 52 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.09% or 0.52 to $48.24 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.84% or 0.41 to hit $49.38 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.55% or 6.95 to trade at $1281.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.26% to 9.3275, while USD/SEK fell 0.40% to 8.2280.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.18% at 94.36.