Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Healthcare and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Essity AB B (ST:ESSITYb), which rose 1.57% or 3.60 points to trade at 233.50 at the close. Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) added 1.09% or 2.3 points to end at 212.8 and Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) was up 0.97% or 1.2 points to 124.4 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which lost 3.36% or 1.02 points to trade at 29.31 in late trade. H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) declined 2.10% or 4.5 points to end at 210.1 and AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) shed 1.68% or 2.9 points to 169.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 454 to 247 and 82 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.19% or 0.09 to $47.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $49.73 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.39% or 4.74 to trade at $1223.94 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.28% to 9.6752, while USD/SEK rose 0.41% to 8.5251.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 95.98.