Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Atlas Copco AB Class A (ST:ATCOa), which rose 1.85% or 4.0 points to trade at 223.2 at the close. Atlas Copco AB Series B (ST:ATCOb) added 1.55% or 3.1 points to end at 205.8 and Investor AB ser. B (ST:INVEb) was up 1.30% or 5.1 points to 398.7 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb), which lost 2.70% or 6.4 points to trade at 230.9 in late trade. Hexagon AB ser. B (ST:HEXAb) declined 1.33% or 6.1 points to end at 453.3 and H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) shed 1.13% or 1.9 points to 167.6.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 309 to 307 and 55 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.14% or 0.07 to $51.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.30% or 0.18 to hit $59.73 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 3.70 to trade at $1226.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.29% to 10.3026, while USD/SEK rose 0.35% to 9.1000.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 97.090.