Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa), which rose 3.74% or 1.76 points to trade at 48.82 at the close. Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) added 2.35% or 0.14 points to end at 6.26 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) was up 1.72% or 5.45 points to 322.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Getinge AB ser. B (ST:GETIb), which lost 3.53% or 3.1 points to trade at 85.7 in late trade. Electrolux, AB ser. B (ST:ELUXb) declined 3.01% or 6.7 points to end at 216.0 and Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) shed 1.75% or 2.68 points to 150.57.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 316 to 304 and 58 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.79% or 1.16 to $65.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 2.06% or 1.55 to hit $76.91 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.30 to trade at $1301.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.24% to 10.2569, while USD/SEK fell 0.56% to 8.6837.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 93.40.