Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA), which rose 1.54% or 0.66 points to trade at 43.38 at the close. Nordea Bank Abp (ST:NDASE) added 0.83% or 0.65 points to end at 78.80 and H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) was up 0.59% or 0.9 points to 156.1 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Autoliv Inc . SDB (ST:ALIVsdb), which lost 3.85% or 27.0 points to trade at 675.0 in late trade. Hexagon AB ser. B (ST:HEXAb) declined 2.44% or 10.4 points to end at 415.4 and Securitas AB ser. B (ST:SECUb) shed 1.99% or 2.90 points to 142.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 378 to 245 and 63 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 2.80% or 1.47 to $51.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 2.10% or 1.29 to hit $60.16 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.33% or 4.10 to trade at $1243.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.36% to 10.2545, while USD/SEK rose 0.16% to 9.0736.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 97.468.