Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Technology and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 3.14% or 0.88 points to trade at 28.92 at the close. Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) added 1.41% or 2.30 points to end at 165.20 and Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVBs) was up 0.93% or 2.1 points to 227.4 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIBs), which lost 3.18% or 5.3 points to trade at 161.5 in late trade. Svenska Handelsbanken ser. A (ST:SHBa) declined 1.47% or 1.8 points to end at 121.0 and Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) shed 1.34% or 4.1 points to 302.6.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 320 to 269 and 63 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.92% or 1.47 to $51.76 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.46% or 1.27 to hit $52.95 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.70% or 8.85 to trade at $1271.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.05% to 9.6984, while USD/SEK rose 0.17% to 8.8438.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 97.91.