Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Consumer Services and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Boliden AB (ST:BOL), which rose 1.74% or 4.70 points to trade at 274.30 at the close. Atlas Copco AB ser. A (ST:ATCOa) added 1.70% or 5.1 points to end at 305.3 and Atlas Copco AB ser. B (ST:ATCOb) was up 1.43% or 3.9 points to 277.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb), which lost 1.68% or 2.9 points to trade at 169.8 in late trade. H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) declined 1.53% or 3.2 points to end at 206.6 and SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) shed 1.37% or 0.55 points to 39.63.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 377 to 321 and 99 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.00% or 0.48 to $48.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.06% or 0.55 to hit $52.42 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.24 to trade at $1293.24 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.12% to 9.5316, while USD/SEK fell 0.19% to 8.0785.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 93.22.