Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb), which rose 1.11% or 2.30 points to trade at 208.80 at the close. Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA) added 0.93% or 0.33 points to end at 35.92 and ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) was up 0.76% or 1.4 points to 185.9 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which lost 4.29% or 1.60 points to trade at 35.70 in late trade. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 3.03% or 1.10 points to end at 35.23 and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson B (ST:ERICb) shed 2.01% or 1.18 points to 57.67.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 376 to 309 and 80 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.38% or 0.20 to $52.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.59% or 0.33 to hit $55.65 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.59% or 19.95 to trade at $1273.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.16% to 9.6042, while USD/SEK fell 0.31% to 9.0504.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 100.62.