Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA), which rose 1.74% or 5.6 points to trade at 327.8 at the close. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) added 1.29% or 0.68 points to end at 53.33 and Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) was up 0.80% or 2.2 points to 278.4 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE), which lost 2.23% or 4.40 points to trade at 192.50 in late trade. Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb) declined 1.91% or 2.9 points to end at 148.7 and Alfa Laval AB (ST:ALFA) shed 1.15% or 2.3 points to 197.2.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 388 to 233 and 52 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.09% or 0.05 to $57.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.40% or 0.25 to hit $62.70 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.88% or 11.30 to trade at $1266.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.81% to 9.9106, while USD/SEK fell 0.38% to 8.3847.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 93.32.
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