Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Financials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which rose 1.26% or 3.00 points to trade at 240.80 at the close. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) added 0.42% or 0.15 points to end at 35.64 and ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb) was up 0.35% or 0.6 points to 171.3 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nokia Oyj (ST:NOKIA), which lost 2.08% or 0.94 points to trade at 44.20 in late trade. Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA) declined 1.13% or 0.42 points to end at 36.60 and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson B (ST:ERICb) shed 0.89% or 0.48 points to 53.67.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 287 to 284 and 96 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.56% or 0.30 to $54.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.46% or 0.26 to hit $57.09 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.12% or 1.35 to trade at $1140.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.80% to 9.5664, while USD/SEK fell 0.19% to 9.2086.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.43% at 103.44.