Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 2.16% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA), which rose 1.11% or 3.2 points to trade at 290.8 at the close. Meanwhile, Nokia Oyj (ST:NOKIA) added 0.66% or 0.40 points to end at 61.30 and Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) was down 0.35% or 0.7 points to 197.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which fell 8.14% or 44.50 points to trade at 502.50 at the close. Boliden AB (ST:BOL) declined 7.71% or 10.90 points to end at 130.50 and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken A (ST:SEBa) was down 4.50% or 3.90 points to 82.85.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 498 to 96 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken A (ST:SEBa) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.50% or 3.90 to 82.85.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.03% or 0.35 to $33.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.31% or 0.10 to hit $34.12 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 1.26% or 13.80 to trade at $1105.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.11% to 9.2465, while USD/SEK fell 0.87% to 8.5115.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.49% at 98.79.