Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.35% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa), which rose 1.07% or 1.10 points to trade at 104.10 at the close. Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE) added 0.90% or 1.90 points to end at 212.50 and Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) was up 0.75% or 0.9 points to 121.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb), which lost 2.06% or 4.3 points to trade at 204.7 in late trade. AstraZeneca PLC (ST:AZN) declined 1.91% or 11.0 points to end at 564.0 and Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) shed 1.62% or 2.74 points to 165.96.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 474 to 279 and 63 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.38% or 0.22 to $57.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.81% or 0.52 to hit $63.75 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.43% or 5.51 to trade at $1276.09 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.22% to 9.7294, while USD/SEK rose 0.02% to 8.4003.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 94.86.