Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Telecoms and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Sandvik AB (ST:SAND), which rose 2.82% or 4.10 points to trade at 149.50 at the close. Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) added 2.41% or 4.40 points to end at 186.90 and Atlas Copco AB ser. A (ST:ATCOa) was up 1.40% or 5.0 points to 362.7 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb), which lost 2.30% or 4.0 points to trade at 170.0 in late trade. Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa) declined 1.92% or 2.00 points to end at 102.00 and Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) shed 1.74% or 2.1 points to 118.8.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 419 to 325 and 70 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.99% or 0.52 to $51.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.67% or 0.39 to hit $57.94 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 1.76 to trade at $1280.06 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.50% to 9.7136, while USD/SEK rose 0.10% to 8.2264.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 93.55.