Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 1.30% or 0.53 points to trade at 41.36 at the close. Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) added 1.04% or 2.2 points to end at 212.8 and Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) was up 0.85% or 2.4 points to 284.6 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which lost 2.07% or 5.90 points to trade at 279.10 in late trade. Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) declined 1.08% or 0.36 points to end at 32.89 and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson B (ST:ERICb) shed 1.02% or 0.47 points to 45.81.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 384 to 331 and 82 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.75% or 0.86 to $48.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.48% or 0.26 to hit $54.23 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 2.69 to trade at $1352.99 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.38% to 9.5584, while USD/SEK rose 0.23% to 7.9375.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 91.24.