Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 1.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b), which rose 0.31% or 0.25 points to trade at 81.20 at the close. Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA) added 0.19% or 0.07 points to end at 36.17 and Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) was up 0.14% or 0.4 points to 284.3 in late trade.
Biggest losers included H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which lost 3.09% or 7.6 points to trade at 238.5 in late trade. Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) declined 2.93% or 5.60 points to end at 185.70 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) shed 2.25% or 6.30 points to 273.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 446 to 234 and 80 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.81% or 0.44 to $54.01 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.88% or 0.50 to hit $56.08 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.49% or 6.15 to trade at $1257.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.10% to 9.5256, while USD/SEK rose 0.04% to 8.9971.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 100.92.