Investing.com – Sweden equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 declined 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA), which rose 1.81% or 7.6 points to trade at 427.6 at the close. Svenska Handelsbanken AB A (ST:SHBa) added 0.50% or 0.49 points to end at 98.47 and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B (ST:ERICb) was up 0.47% or 0.31 points to 65.59 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kinnevik, Investment AB ser. B (ST:KINVb), which lost 3.34% or 10.6 points to trade at 306.8 in late trade. SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) declined 2.51% or 1.25 points to end at 48.65 and Boliden AB (ST:BOL) shed 1.96% or 6.25 points to 311.95.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 351 to 255 and 62 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.13% or 0.81 to $71.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.76% or 0.61 to hit $79.19 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.10% or 14.20 to trade at $1303.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.12% to 10.2590, while USD/SEK fell 0.15% to 8.7480.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 93.71.