Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb), which rose 1.10% or 3.1 points to trade at 283.9 at the close. Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb) added 1.00% or 2.6 points to end at 263.2 and AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) was up 0.76% or 4.5 points to 596.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb), which lost 5.39% or 9.9 points to trade at 173.7 in late trade. Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) declined 2.05% or 3.04 points to end at 145.06 and SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) shed 2.05% or 0.80 points to 38.13.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 354 to 331 and 100 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 3.57% or 1.66 to $44.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 3.57% or 1.74 to hit $46.98 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.75% or 9.56 to trade at $1278.16 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.03% to 9.7490, while USD/SEK fell 0.56% to 8.6450.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 96.43.